contenção

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Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ [kõ.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

  • Hyphenation: con‧ten‧ção

Etymology 1[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin contentiōnem.

Noun[edit]

contenção f (plural contenções)

  1. contention; struggle
    Synonym: contenda
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Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

contenção f (plural contenções)

  1. restrainment (the act of restraining)
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