agitação

/aʒitaˈsɐ̃w/

a noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
as agitações

Meaning

  1. agitation

    • Havia muita agitação.

      There was much commotion.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

fermentação

Close — fermentação figuratively means "a state of agitation/unrest," like English "ferment" (a country in ferment).

Similar in other languages

Spanish

agitación

agitación is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "agitation."

Practice

1 What does agitação mean?

2 Fill the gap: Havia muita ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches agitação?

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