traição

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === traïção (pre-reform spelling) trahição (pre-standardization spelling) traiçaõ (obsolete) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese traiçon, from Latin trāditiōnem (“a giving up, handing over, surrender, delivery, tradition”), from trādō (“give up, hand over, deliver over, betray”, verb), from trāns- (“over, across”) +‎ dō (“give”) (from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to give”)). By surface analysis, trair +‎ -ção. Doublet of tradição. Cognate with Galician traizón, Spanish traición, French trahison and English treason. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: trai‧ção === Noun === traição f (plural traições) treason, betrayal cheating, infidelity (unfaithfulness in a marriage or an intimate relationship) Synonym: infidelidade ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Tetum: traisaun === Further reading === “traição”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “traição”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “traição”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026