-ência

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See also: encía and -encia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -entia.

Suffix

-ência f (noun-forming suffix, usually uncountable, plural -ências)

  1. (non-productive) forms nouns, from verbs, indicating a state or condition; -ence
    Synonym: -ença