prescindir

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin praescindere (to separate). Compare Spanish prescindir, Italian prescindere and English prescind.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pres‧cin‧dir

Verb

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  1. Template:indtr to do without; to dispense
    • 1990, Estados-membros da Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (CPLP), Acordo Ortográfico da Língua Portuguesa (1990):
      Prescinde-se de acento gráfico para distinguir palavras oxítonas homógrafas, mas heterofónicas/heterofônicas, do tipo de cor (ô), substantivo, e cor (ó), elemento da locução de cor; colher (ê), verbo, e colher (é), substantivo.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

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Derived terms


Spanish

Verb

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  1. to do without
    • 1975, Jorge Luis Borges, The Book of Sand, "The Other", p. 15:
      Salvo en las severas páginas de la historia, los hechos memorables prescinden de frases memorables.
      Except for in the severe pages of history, memorable deeds do without memorable phrases.

Conjugation

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