descendência

See also: descendencia and descendència

Portuguese

Etymology

By surface analysis, descender +‎ -ência.

Pronunciation

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

  • Rhymes: -ẽsiɐ, (faster pronunciation) -ẽsjɐ
  • Hyphenation: des‧cen‧dên‧ci‧a

Noun

descendência f (plural descendências)

  1. offspring, progeny, issue (all the descendants of a person)

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