abstinência

See also: abstinencia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abstinentia. Compare the inherited Old Galician-Portuguese astẽença.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /abs.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.si.ɐ/ [abs.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /abs.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.sjɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /abʃ.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.si.ɐ/ [abʃ.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /abʃ.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.sjɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /abs.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.si.a/ [abs.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /abs.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.sja/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐbʃ.tiˈnẽ.sjɐ/ [ɐβʃ.tiˈnẽ.sjɐ]

Noun

abstinência f (uncountable)

  1. abstinence (practice of self-enforced restraint from indulging in bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure)
    Abstinência sexual ― Sexual abstinence

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