violência

See also: violencia and violència

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin violentia.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /vi.oˈlẽ.si.ɐ/ [vɪ.oˈlẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /vjoˈlẽ.sjɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /vi.oˈlẽ.si.a/ [vɪ.oˈlẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /vjoˈlẽ.sja/
 

  • Rhymes: -ẽsiɐ, (faster pronunciation) -ẽsjɐ
  • Hyphenation: vi‧o‧lên‧ci‧a

Noun

violência f (plural violências)

  1. violence
  2. act of violence

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