deflagração
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin deflagrationis. Cognate with Spanish deflagración, French déflagration, Italian deflagrazione.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.fla.ɡɾa.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Hyphenation: de‧fla‧gra‧ção
Noun
deflagração f (plural deflagrações)
- deflagration, conflagration (intense explosion)
- (figuratively) diffusion, dispersion
- Synonyms: difusão, dispersão
- (figuratively) a sudden and often violent apparition of something
- Synonyms: irrupção, surgimento
Related terms
- deflagrar