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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian agenzia or French agence, both from Medieval Latin agentia.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈʒẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /aˈʒẽ.sjɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈʒẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /aˈʒẽ.sjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈʒẽ.si.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /aˈʒẽ.sja/
Noun
agência f (plural agências)
- agency (capacity of individuals to act independently)
- agency (establishment engaged in doing business for another)
- agência imobiliária ― real estate agency
- agência funerária ― funerary home
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