contumácia

See also: contumacia

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin contumācia, from contumāx (“refusing to appear in a court of law in disobedience of a summons; insolent, obstinate, stiff-necked”).

Pronunciation

 

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

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tuˈma.si.ɐ/ [kõ.tuˈma.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tuˈma.sjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tuˈma.si.a/ [kõ.tuˈma.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tuˈma.sja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tuˈma.sjɐ/

• Hyphenation: con‧tu‧má‧ci‧a

Noun

contumácia f (plural contumácias)

1. (chiefly Christianity and law) contumacy (stubbornness or disobedience)

   Synonym: teimosia