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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin contubernium.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tuˈbɛʁ.ni.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tuˈbɛʁ.nju/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tuˈbɛʁ.ni.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tuˈbɛʁ.nju/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kõ.tuˈbɛɾ.ni.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tuˈbɛɾ.nju/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõ.tuˈbɛʁ.ni.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tuˈbɛʁ.nju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tuˈbɛɻ.ni.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tuˈbɛɻ.njo/
Noun
contubérnio m (plural contubérnios)
- cohabitation (life together, under the same roof)
- concubinage (state of living together without being married)
- community (group of people living together)
- camaraderie, familiarity, intimacy
- (Ancient Rome, historical) tent
- (Ancient Rome, historical, law) conjugal union between slaves or between a slave and a free person
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