indiferença

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin indifferentia.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.d͡ʒi.feˈɾẽ.sɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.d͡ʒi.feˈɾẽ.sa/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.di.fɨˈɾẽ.sɐ/

  • Hyphenation: in‧di‧fe‧ren‧ça

Noun

indiferença f (plural indiferenças)

  1. indifference
    • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “O menino mais novo [The Younger Son]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 70:
      Não se conformando com semelhante indifferença depois da façanha do pae, o menino foi accordar Baleia, que preguiçava, a barriguinha vermelha descoberta, sem vergonha.
      Unwilling to accept such indifference after his father’s feat, the boy went to wake up Baleia, who was lounging lazily, her little red belly exposed, shamelessly.
  2. nonchalance
  3. aloofness
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