agência

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See also: agencia, agenciá, and agència

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian agenzia or French agence, both from Medieval Latin agentia.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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

  • Hyphenation: a‧gên‧ci‧a

Noun

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agência f (plural agências)

  1. agency (capacity of individuals to act independently)
  2. agency (establishment engaged in doing business for another)
    agência imobiliáriareal estate agency
    agência funeráriafunerary home

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ agência”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ agência”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024