agência

See also: agencia, agenciá, and agència

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian agenzia or French agence, both from Medieval Latin agentia.[1][2] By surface analysis, agir +‎ -ência.

Pronunciation

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

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

Noun

agência f (plural agências)

  1. agency (capacity of individuals to act independently)
  2. agency (establishment engaged in doing business for another)
    agência imobiliária ― real estate agency
    agência funerária ― funerary home

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “agência”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “agência”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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