companhia

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese compannia, from Vulgar Latin *compania.

Cognate with Galician compañía, Spanish compañía, Catalan companyia, French compagnie, Italian compagnia and English company.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɐ.ˈɲi.ɐ/
(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ(m).pɐ̃.ˈni.ɐ/
Hyphenation: com‧pa‧nhi‧a

Noun

companhia f (plural companhias)

company, companionship
company (in legal context, a corporation)
company (group of individuals)
(military) company

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:companhia.

Synonyms

(corporation): corporação, sociedade
(group of individuals): trupe, grupo

Related terms

acompanhar, companheiro

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