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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin contingentia.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.t͡ʃĩˈʒẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /kõ.t͡ʃĩˈʒẽ.sjɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.t͡ʃĩˈʒẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /kõ.t͡ʃĩˈʒẽ.sjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.t͡ʃĩˈʒẽ.si.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /kõ.t͡ʃĩˈʒẽ.sja/
- Hyphenation: con‧tin‧gên‧ci‧a
Noun
contingência f (plural contingências)
- (uncountable) contingency; unpredictability (the quality of being contingent, unpredictable)
- Synonym: imprevisibilidade
- contingency; possibility (something which may or may not happen)
- Synonym: possibilidade
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