silêncio

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See also: silencio and silenció

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin silentium. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese seenço.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈlẽ.si.u/ [siˈlẽ.sɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /siˈlẽ.sju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈlẽ.si.o/ [siˈlẽ.sɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /siˈlẽ.sjo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /siˈlẽ.sju/

Hyphenation: si‧lên‧ci‧o

Noun[edit]

silêncio m (plural silêncios)

silence (the lack of any sound)

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:silêncio.

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