acidente

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See also: açidente

Portuguese

acidente

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin accidentem, present active participle of accidō (“happen”); from ad (“to”) + cadō (“fall”); respectively from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“near, at”) and *ḱad- (“to fall”).

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: a‧ci‧den‧te

Noun

acidente m (plural acidentes)

  1. accident (unexpected event with negative consequences)
    Synonyms: catástrofe, desastre
  2. (geology) accident (irregular surface)

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