"posse" meaning in Portuguese

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɔ.si/ [Brazil], /ˈpɔ.si/ [Brazil], /ˈpɔ.se/ [Southern-Brazil], /ˈpɔ.sɨ/ [Portugal] Forms: posses [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin posse (“power, ability”). Etymology templates: {{bor|pt|ML.|posse||power, ability}} Medieval Latin posse (“power, ability”) Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} posse f (plural posses)
  1. possession, land Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-posse-pt-noun-SX9eIYVM Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 72 20 9
  2. (uncountable) ownership Tags: feminine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-posse-pt-noun-AbgBb9zk
  3. (uncountable, politics) command Tags: feminine, uncountable Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-posse-pt-noun-XTR~2Ui2 Topics: government, politics

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Medieval Latin posse (“power, ability”).",
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          "english": "I know there are ladies who sell their bodies, their only real belonging, in exchange for a nice dinner instead of a baloney sandwich.",
          "ref": "1977, Clarice Lispector, A hora da estrela [The Hour of the Star]:",
          "text": "Sei que há moças que vendem o corpo, única posse real, em troca de um bom jantar em vez de um sanduíche de mortadela.",
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          "ref": "2015 November 26, São José Almeida, “Cavaco deverá sublinhar desafios ao dar posse a Costa”, in Público:",
          "text": "No Palácio da Ajuda, tomarão posse todos os membros do Governo, os 17 ministros e os 41 secretários de Estado, numa cerimónia conjunta à imagem do que aconteceu a 30 de Outubro, com o XX Governo, liderado por Pedro Passos Coelho.",
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      "ipa": "/ˈpɔ.se/",
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        "Southern-Brazil"
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          "english": "I know there are ladies who sell their bodies, their only real belonging, in exchange for a nice dinner instead of a baloney sandwich.",
          "ref": "1977, Clarice Lispector, A hora da estrela [The Hour of the Star]:",
          "text": "Sei que há moças que vendem o corpo, única posse real, em troca de um bom jantar em vez de um sanduíche de mortadela.",
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          "text": "No Palácio da Ajuda, tomarão posse todos os membros do Governo, os 17 ministros e os 41 secretários de Estado, numa cerimónia conjunta à imagem do que aconteceu a 30 de Outubro, com o XX Governo, liderado por Pedro Passos Coelho.",
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      "tags": [
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    },
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        "Brazil"
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