resistência

See also: resistencia and resistència

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• resistencia (obsolete)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin resistentia. By surface analysis, resistir +‎ -ência.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.zisˈtẽ.si.ɐ/ [he.zisˈtẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.zisˈtẽ.sjɐ/ [he.zisˈtẽ.sjɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.zisˈtẽ.si.ɐ/ [he.zisˈtẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.zisˈtẽ.sjɐ/ [he.zisˈtẽ.sjɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ziʃˈtẽ.si.ɐ/ [χe.ziʃˈtẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.ziʃˈtẽ.sjɐ/ [χe.ziʃˈtẽ.sjɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.zisˈtẽ.si.a/ [he.zisˈtẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.zisˈtẽ.sja/ [he.zisˈtẽ.sja]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.ziʃˈtẽ.sjɐ/, /ʁɨ.zɨʃˈtẽ.sjɐ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: -ẽsiɐ, (faster pronunciation) -ẽsjɐ
• Hyphenation: re‧sis‧tên‧ci‧a

Noun

resistência f (plural resistências)

1. resistance (act of resisting)
2. (physics) resistance
3. (physics) electrical resistance
4. (electronics) resistor (electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it)

   Synonym: resistor

Related terms

• resistente
• resistir

Further reading

• “resistência”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “resistência”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026