comunas
1. A group of people living together and sharing possessions and responsibilities
They decided to live in a commune during the 1960s counterculture movement.
Eles decidiram viver em uma comuna durante o movimento de contracultura dos anos 1960.
2. A territorial division for local government, especially in France, Belgium, and Switzerland
Paris is divided into multiple communes for administrative purposes.
Paris é dividida em múltiplas comunas para fins administrativos.
3. A self-governing community organized on a basis of common ownership
The agricultural commune produced enough food for all its members.
A comuna agrícola produzia alimento suficiente para todos os seus membros.
4. Third-person singular present tense of 'commune': to communicate intimately or share one's intimate thoughts and feelings
She communes with nature every morning during her walks.
Ela se comunica intimamente com a natureza cada manhã durante seus passeios.
The term 'communes' carries significant cultural weight in Western history, particularly associated with the 1960s-70s counterculture movement in the USA and Brazil. In Europe, it has a more formal administrative meaning. In Brazil, the concept of communes gained traction during periods of social activism but is less institutionalized than in European countries where 'commune' remains an official municipal division.
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