Polyglot Dictionary

fundação

/fũdaˈsɐ̃w/

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 fundações

Meaning

  1. foundation

    • Trabalho numa fundação.

      I work at a foundation.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

alicerce

alicerce more specifically means the physical footing or base of a building; fundação is more general, and can also mean an organisation.

Similar in other languages

German

Fundament

Fundament is the German word for the same thing — both mean "foundation."

Spanish

cimiento

cimiento is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "foundation."

Spanish

fundación

fundación is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "foundation."

Practice

1 What does fundação mean?

2 Fill the gap: Trabalho numa ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches fundação?

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