geração

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese geeraçon, *gẽeraçon, from Latin generātiōnem. By surface analysis, gerar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ʒe.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɛ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/, /ʒɨ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: ge‧ra‧ção

Noun

geração f (plural gerações)

1. generation (origination by some process; formation)
2. age, generation (period of around thirty years)

Descendants

• → Tetum: jerasaun

Further reading

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