circunstância

See also: circunstancia

Galician

Noun

circunstância f (plural circunstâncias, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of circunstancia

Further reading

• “circunstância” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• circumstancia (pre-standardization spelling)
• circunstancia, circumstância (obsolete)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin circumstantia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũsˈtɐ̃.si.ɐ/ [sih.kũsˈtɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /siʁ.kũsˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/ [sih.kũsˈtɐ̃.sjɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũsˈtɐ̃.si.ɐ/ [sih.kũsˈtɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /siʁ.kũsˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/ [sih.kũsˈtɐ̃.sjɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /siɾ.kũsˈtɐ̃.si.ɐ/ [siɾ.kũsˈtɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /siɾ.kũsˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũʃˈtɐ̃.si.ɐ/ [siχ.kũʃˈtɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /siʁ.kũʃˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/ [siχ.kũʃˈtɐ̃.sjɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /siɻ.kũsˈtɐ̃.si.a/ [siɻ.kũsˈtɐ̃.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /siɻ.kũsˈtɐ̃.sja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siɾ.kũʃˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/

Noun

circunstância f (plural circunstâncias)

1. circumstance (a fact or condition that affects an event or situation)
2. (usually in the plural) circumstances (the way things are at a given moment)

   Synonyms: situação, estado, condição

   • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “O annel do diplomata [The diplomat’s ring]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 96:

     — Peço que me escutem! como sou o unico pobre que aqui está, e como todas as circumstancias são em meu desfavor, podem julgar que fui eu que roubei esse annel.

     I ask that you listen to me! as I am the only poor person standing here, and as the circumstances are against me, you can determine that I was the one who stole this ring.

3. (formal) solemnity; formality (the quality of being deeply serious)

   Synonyms: solenidade, formalidade

Derived terms

• circunstancial
• circunstanciar

Further reading

• “circunstância” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “circunstância”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “circunstância”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025