putrefação

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Portuguese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

putrefacção (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin putrefactiōnem.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /pu.tɾe.faˈsɐ̃w̃/ [pu.tɾe.faˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.tɾɨ.faˈsɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: pu‧tre‧fa‧ção

Noun[edit]

putrefação f (plural putrefações)

putrefaction (process of becoming rotten)
Synonyms: apodrecimento, decomposição

Related terms[edit]

putrefazer

Further reading[edit]

“putrefação” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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