reencarnação

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From reencarnar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.ẽ.kaʁ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [he.ẽ.kaɦ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁe.ẽ.kaɾ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [he.ẽ.kaɾ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.ẽ.kaʁ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [χe.ẽ.kaʁ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.ẽ.kaɻ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [he.ẽ.kaɻ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁjẽ.kɐɾ.nɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Hyphenation: re‧en‧car‧na‧ção

Noun

reencarnação f (plural reencarnações)

  1. reincarnation
    1. act or effect of reincarnating
    2. (religion, philosophy) metempsychosis
      1. (religion, philosophy) body in which, according to this theory, the spirit of a deceased person lives
    3. (Christianity) resurrection of bodies on judgment day
    4. (figuratively) resurgence of idea, phenomenon, etc.

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