dependência
See also: dependencia and dependència
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin dēpendentia. By surface analysis, depender + -ência.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.pẽˈdẽ.si.ɐ/ [de.pẽˈdẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /de.pẽˈdẽ.sjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.pẽˈdẽ.si.a/ [de.pẽˈdẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /de.pẽˈdẽ.sja/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.pẽˈdẽ.sjɐ/
- Rhymes: -ẽsiɐ, (faster pronunciation) -ẽsjɐ
- Hyphenation: de‧pen‧dên‧ci‧a
Noun
dependência f (plural dependências)
- dependency, dependence
- (usually in the plural) room of a residence
Related terms
Further reading
- “dependência”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “dependência”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025