frequencia

Portuguese

Noun

frequencia f (plural frequencias)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of frequência.
    • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “A escolha de Gastão [Gastão’s choice]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 114:
      [] mas fingiam adoral-a, porque da frequencia de Clotilde em casa d’ellas, resultava grande animação para as suas soirées.
      [] but they pretended to love her, because Clotilde’s frequent visits to their home brought great liveliness to their soirées.