Polyglot Dictionary

expedição

/ispedʒiˈsɐ̃w/

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 expedições

Meaning

  1. expedition

    • Organizam uma expedição.

      They organise an expedition.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

excursão

excursão (excursion) is a short, often leisure or tourist trip; expedição (expedition) is a longer, purposeful journey, often for exploration or research.

Similar in other languages

German

Expedition

Expedition is the German word for the same thing — both mean "expedition."

Spanish

expedición

expedición is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "expedition."

Practice

1 What does expedição mean?

2 Fill the gap: Organizam uma ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches expedição?

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