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Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin modestia.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /moˈdɛs.t͡ʃi.ɐ/ [moˈdɛs.t͡ʃɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /moˈdɛs.t͡ʃjɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /moˈdɛs.t͡ʃi.ɐ/ [moˈdɛs.t͡ʃɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /moˈdɛs.t͡ʃjɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /moˈdɛʃ.t͡ʃi.ɐ/ [moˈdɛʃ.t͡ʃɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /moˈdɛʃ.t͡ʃjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /moˈdɛs.t͡ʃi.a/ [moˈdɛs.t͡ʃɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /moˈdɛs.t͡ʃja/
modéstia f (plural modéstias)
- modesty (the quality of being modest)
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