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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin abstinentia. Compare the inherited Old Galician-Portuguese astẽença.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /abs.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /abs.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.sjɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /abs.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /abs.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.sjɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /abʃ.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /abʃ.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.sjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /abs.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.si.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /abs.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.sja/
Noun
abstinência f (uncountable)
- abstinence (practice of self-enforced restraint from indulging in bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure)
- Abstinência sexual ― Sexual abstinence
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