reticência

See also: reticencia

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin reticentia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.t͡ʃiˈsẽ.si.ɐ/ [he.t͡ʃiˈsẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.t͡ʃiˈsẽ.sjɐ/ [he.t͡ʃiˈsẽ.sjɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.t͡ʃiˈsẽ.si.ɐ/ [he.t͡ʃiˈsẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.t͡ʃiˈsẽ.sjɐ/ [he.t͡ʃiˈsẽ.sjɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.t͡ʃiˈsẽ.si.ɐ/ [χe.t͡ʃiˈsẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.t͡ʃiˈsẽ.sjɐ/ [χe.t͡ʃiˈsẽ.sjɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.t͡ʃiˈsẽ.si.a/ [he.t͡ʃiˈsẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.t͡ʃiˈsẽ.sja/ [he.t͡ʃiˈsẽ.sja]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.tiˈsẽ.sjɐ/

• Hyphenation: re‧ti‧cên‧ci‧a

Noun

reticência f (plural reticências)

1. reticence
2. reluctance
3. aposiopesis

Related terms

• reticente

Further reading

• “reticência” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.