benevolência

See also: benevolencia

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin benevolentia.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.ne.voˈlẽ.si.ɐ/ [be.ne.voˈlẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /be.ne.voˈlẽ.sjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.ne.voˈlẽ.si.a/ [be.ne.voˈlẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /be.ne.voˈlẽ.sja/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.nɨ.vuˈlẽ.sjɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.nɨ.buˈlẽ.sjɐ/ [bɨ.nɨ.βuˈlẽ.sjɐ]

Rhymes: -ẽsiɐ, (faster pronunciation) -ẽsjɐ
Hyphenation: be‧ne‧vo‧lên‧ci‧a

Noun

benevolência f (plural benevolências)

benevolence

Related terms

benevolente

Further reading

“benevolência”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025