abstinência

See also: abstinencia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abstinentia. Compare the inherited Old Galician-Portuguese astẽença.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /abs.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.si.ɐ/ [abs.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /abs.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.sjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /abs.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.si.ɐ/ [abs.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /abs.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.sjɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /abʃ.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.si.ɐ/ [abʃ.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /abʃ.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.sjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /abs.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.si.a/ [abs.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /abs.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.sja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐbʃ.tiˈnẽ.sjɐ/ [ɐβʃ.tiˈnẽ.sjɐ]

Noun

abstinência f (uncountable)

1. abstinence (practice of self-enforced restraint from indulging in bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure)

   Abstinência sexual ― Sexual abstinence

Derived terms

• síndrome de abstinência

 

Related terms

• abstenção
• abster
• abstinente

 

Further reading

• “abstinência”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “abstinência”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024