Initiation in Portuguese 🇧🇷

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Tips to remember the word:
• Notice the similarity with the English word “initiation”—both come from the Latin “initium.”
• Think of “iniciação” as the starting step or introductory ritual of something important.

Explanations:
• “Iniciação” refers to the process of beginning or introducing someone to a new experience, group, or set of practices.
• It can indicate both formal procedures (like rituals or ceremonies) and informal processes of learning the basics of something new.

Other words that mean the same thing:
• Introdução
• Ritual de passagem
• Início (when referring to the beginning phase)

Alternate meanings (including slang):
• In some contexts, “iniciação” can refer to a person’s first encounter with something, for example, their first time in a particular social scene or activity.
• It might be used informally to denote the initial experience someone has in a hobby or lifestyle.

Examples of sentences:
• “A iniciação dos novos membros na confraria foi marcada por rituais tradicionais.”
 Translation: “The initiation of the new members into the fraternity was marked by traditional rituals.”
• “No curso, a iniciação aos conceitos básicos foi fundamental para o aprendizado posterior.”
 Translation: “In the course, the initiation into the basic concepts was fundamental for further learning.”
• “Ele se lembra com carinho da iniciação ao mundo do teatro durante a adolescência.”
 Translation: “He fondly remembers his initiation into the world of theater during his adolescence.”

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