circunstância

See also: circunstancia

Galician

Noun

circunstância f (plural circunstâncias, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of circunstancia

Further reading

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin circumstantia.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /siʁ.kũsˈtɐ̃.si.ɐ/ [sih.kũsˈtɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /siʁ.kũsˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/ [sih.kũsˈtɐ̃.sjɐ]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /siɾ.kũsˈtɐ̃.si.ɐ/ [siɾ.kũsˈtɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /siɾ.kũsˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /siʁ.kũʃˈtɐ̃.si.ɐ/ [siχ.kũʃˈtɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /siʁ.kũʃˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/ [siχ.kũʃˈtɐ̃.sjɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /siɻ.kũsˈtɐ̃.si.a/ [siɻ.kũsˈtɐ̃.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /siɻ.kũsˈtɐ̃.sja/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /siɾ.kũʃˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃siɐ, (faster pronunciation) -ɐ̃sjɐ
  • Hyphenation: cir‧cuns‧tân‧ci‧a

Noun

circunstância f (plural circunstâncias)

  1. circumstance (a fact or condition that affects an event or situation)
  2. (usually in the plural) circumstances (the way things are at a given moment)
    Synonyms: situação, estado, condição
    • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “O annel do diplomata [The diplomat’s ring]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 96:
      — Peço que me escutem! como sou o unico pobre que aqui está, e como todas as circumstancias são em meu desfavor, podem julgar que fui eu que roubei esse annel.
      I ask that you listen to me! as I am the only poor person standing here, and as the circumstances are against me, you can determine that I was the one who stole this ring.
  3. (formal) solemnity; formality (the quality of being deeply serious)
    Synonyms: solenidade, formalidade

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