Polyglot Dictionary

nação

/naˈsɐ̃w/

a noun B1

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 nações

Meaning

  1. nation

    • É uma nação jovem.

      It's a young nation.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

país

Nação and país both refer to a sovereign territory and its people, largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

German

Nation

Nation is the German word for the same thing — both mean "nation."

Spanish

nación

nación is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "nation."

French

nation

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

Practice

1 What does nação mean?

2 Fill the gap: É uma ___ jovem.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches nação?

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