Polyglot Dictionary

expulsão

/ispuwˈsɐ̃w/

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 expulsões

Meaning

  1. expulsion

    • Decidiram a expulsão.

      They decided on expulsion.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

ejeção

ejeção (ejection) is a forceful, often mechanical expulsion, like an ejector seat; expulsão (expulsion) specifically removes someone from a group or place, an institutional act.

exclusão

exclusão (exclusion) means leaving something out, which can be passive or ongoing; expulsão (expulsion) means actively forcing someone out from somewhere they already belonged, a more severe action.

Similar in other languages

German

Ausweisung

Ausweisung is the German word for the same thing — both mean "expulsion."

German

Vertreibung

Vertreibung is the German word for the same thing — both mean "expulsion."

Practice

1 What does expulsão mean?

2 Fill the gap: Decidiram a ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches expulsão?

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