paciência

See also: paciencia and paciència

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin patientia.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.siˈẽ.si.ɐ/ [pa.sɪˈẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /paˈsjẽ.sjɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.siˈẽ.si.a/ [pa.sɪˈẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /paˈsjẽ.sja/

  • Rhymes: -ẽsiɐ, (faster pronunciation) -ẽsjɐ
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ci‧ên‧ci‧a

Noun

paciência f (plural paciências)

  1. patience
    Antonym: impaciência
  2. patience, solitaire (card game)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Konkani: पाश्येंस (pāśyeusa)
  • Tetum: pasiénsia

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