violação

See also: violaçaõ

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin violātiōnem (“injury, profanation”), from violō (“I treat with violence; I maltreat; I violate, defile, profane”), from vis (“strength; violence”), corresponding to violar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌvi.o.la.ˈsɐ̃w̃/, /ˌvjo.la.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /vju.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • Hyphenation: vi‧o‧la‧ção

Noun

violação f (plural violações)

  1. transgression; violation (act or instance of not acting according to the rules or conventions)
    Synonym: transgressão
  2. rape; violation (unconsented sex)
    Synonym: estupro
  3. the illegal crossing of an international border
    Synonym: invasão

Alternative forms

Further reading
  • violação in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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