circunspeção

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

circunspecção (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin circumspectiōnem.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũs.peˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /siɾ.kũs.peˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũʃ.peˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /siɻ.kũs.peˈsɐ̃w̃/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /siɾ.kũʃ.pɛˈsɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: cir‧cuns‧pe‧ção

Noun

circunspeção f (plural circunspeções)

circumspection

Related terms

circunspecto

Further reading

“circunspeção” in iDicionário Aulete.
“circunspeção” in Dicionário inFormal.
“circunspeção” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
“circunspeção” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
“circunspeção” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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