coleção
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- colecção (pre-1990 spelling)
- collecção (pre-standardization spelling)
Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin collēctiōnem. Cognate with Galician and Spanish colección, Catalan col·lecció, Occitan colleccion, French collection and Italian collezione.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]coleção f (plural coleções)
- collection
- 1933, Graciliano Ramos, chapter XI, in Cahetés[1], 1st edition, Rio de Janeiro: Schmidt, page 70:
- Como as cadeiras eram insufficientes, eu e o vigario ficámos de pé. O sargento trouxe a collecção de amostras.
- Since the chairs were insufficient, the vicar and I stood. The sergeant and brought the collection of samples.
- range
- compilation
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