delinquência

See also: delinqüència

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin dēlinquentia (compare Catalan delinqüència, Spanish delincuencia), from Latin dēlinquēns. By surface analysis, delinquir +‎ -ência.

Pronunciation

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

  • Rhymes: -ẽsiɐ, (faster pronunciation) -ẽsjɐ
  • Hyphenation: de‧lin‧quên‧ci‧a

Noun

delinquência f (plural delinquências)

  1. delinquency (misconduct)
  2. delinquency (a criminal offense)
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