Polyglot Dictionary

determinação

/deteɾminaˈsɐ̃w/

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

Forms

plural
as determinações

Meaning

  1. determination

    • Tem muita determinação.

      She has great determination.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

decisão

Worth distinguishing: decisão is the decision itself; determinação is the resolve/determination behind it.

Similar in other languages

German

Entschlossenheit

Entschlossenheit is the German word for the same thing — both mean "determination."

Spanish

empeño

empeño is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "determination."

French

détermination

détermination is the French word for the same thing — both mean "determination."

Practice

1 What does determinação mean?

2 Fill the gap: Tem muita ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches determinação?

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