reverência

See also: reverencia, reverenciá, reverencià, and reverència

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin reverentia.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.vɨˈɾẽ.sjɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.vɨˈɾẽ.sjɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.bɨˈɾẽ.sjɐ/ [ʁɨ.βɨˈɾẽ.sjɐ]

• Hyphenation: re‧ve‧rên‧ci‧a

Noun

reverência f (plural reverências)

1. reverence (profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context)
2. reverence (form of address for some members of the clergy)
3. bow (gesture made by bending forward at the waist)

   Synonyms: mesura, vénia, cortesia

Derived terms

• reverencioso

 

Related terms

• reverente

 

Further reading

• “reverência”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024