What does facção in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word facção in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use facção in Portuguese.

The word facção in Portuguese means faction, facção, grupo separatista, facção, fração, fação, facção dissidente. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word facção

faction

facção

noun (dissenting group) (grupo dissidente)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
One political faction has recently denounced its former leader.

grupo separatista

noun (faction, breakaway group) (facção, grupo separatista)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
The extreme left wing of the party broke away into a splinter group.

facção

noun (uncountable (dissension, disagreement) (dissensão)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
There was faction among the members of Congress.

fração, fação

noun (tiny part) (pequena parte)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
Only a fraction of the population believes that global warming is not real.

facção dissidente

noun (faction, sub-group) (política)

Os Trotskistas eram uma facção dissidente do Socialismo corrente.
The Trotskyites were a breakaway group from mainstream Socialism. Early Christians were a breakaway group from the Judaic traditions.

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