impaciência

See also: impaciencia

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin impatientia. By surface analysis, im- +‎ paciência.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ẽsiɐ

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pa.siˈẽ.si.ɐ/ [ĩ.pa.sɪˈẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.paˈsjẽ.sjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pa.siˈẽ.si.ɐ/ [ĩ.pa.sɪˈẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.paˈsjẽ.sjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pa.siˈẽ.si.a/ [ĩ.pa.sɪˈẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.paˈsjẽ.sja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɐˈsjẽ.sjɐ/

• Hyphenation: im‧pa‧ci‧ên‧ci‧a

Noun

impaciência f (plural impaciências)

1. impatience (lack of patience)

   Antonym: paciência

Further reading

• “impaciência”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026