Satisfaction, gratification in Portuguese 🇧🇷

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Tips to remember the word:
• Note the similar beginning to the English word “satisfaction.” Imagine the Portuguese “satisfação” as a cousin of “satisfaction” to trigger memory.
• Break it into parts: “satis-” (enough or content) and “-fação” (action or process), linking it to the idea of achieving fulfillment.

Explanations:
• “Satisfação” refers to the feeling of contentment, pleasure, or gratification when expectations are met or when accomplishments are recognized.
• It can also indicate the state of being pleased or the emotional reward after accomplishing something.

Other words with similar meaning:
• Contentamento
• Realização
• Prazer (depending on context)
• Complacência

Alternate meanings and slang:
• In some contexts, “dar satisfação” is an idiomatic expression meaning “to explain oneself” or “to justify one’s actions.”
• It may also be used informally to refer to fulfilling personal desires, sometimes in a sexual or hedonistic context, although in everyday language its primary sense remains that of contentment.

Example sentences:
1. "Depois de anos de trabalho duro, ele sentiu uma grande satisfação ao ver os resultados."
(After years of hard work, he felt great satisfaction upon seeing the results.)
2. "A satisfação de ajudar os outros é incomparável."
(The satisfaction of helping others is unmatched.)
3. "Ela não quis dar satisfação para os comentários negativos e seguiu em frente."
(She didn’t feel the need to explain herself to the negative comments.)

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