administração

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin administrātiōnem. By surface analysis, administrar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.mi.nis.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [a.d͡ʒi.mi.nis.tɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /ad͡ʒ.mi.nis.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ad͡ʒ.mi.nis.tɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.mi.nis.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [a.d͡ʒi.mi.nis.tɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /ad͡ʒ.mi.nis.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ad͡ʒ.mi.nis.tɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.mi.niʃ.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [a.d͡ʒi.mi.niʃ.tɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /ad͡ʒ.mi.niʃ.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ad͡ʒ.mi.niʃ.tɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ad͡ʒ.mi.nis.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ad͡ʒ.mi.nis.tɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /a.d͡ʒi.mi.nis.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [a.d͡ʒi.mi.nis.tɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dmniʃ.tɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ɐ.ðmniʃ.tɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃], /ɐ.dmi.niʃ.tɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ɐ.ðmi.niʃ.tɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˌadimiˌnistɾaˈsɐ̃w]
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: ad‧mi‧nis‧tra‧ção

Noun

administração f (plural administrações)

1. administration (the act of administering)
2. administration (a body who administers)
3. (uncountable) management (social science)

Related terms

• administrar
• administrador
• administrativo

Descendants

• → Tetum: administrasaun

Further reading

• “administração” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913