English-Portuguese translations for assimilation

• assimilação
  Não se trata tanto de integração, mas antes de assimilação. This is not so much integration as assimilation.
  Isso irá levar ao contrário da adaptação e da assimilação. It will lead to the opposite of adaptation and assimilation.
  Uma coisa que deve ficar bem clara é que integração não significa assimilação. What we should be clear about is that it does not mean assimilation.

Definition of assimilation

• The act of assimilating or the state of being assimilated
• The metabolic conversion of nutrients into tissue
• The absorption of new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
• The adoption, by a minority group, of the customs and attitudes of the dominant culture

Related words

• liaison
• mutation
• rendaku
• sandhi