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Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin contumācia, from contumāx (“refusing to appear in a court of law in disobedience of a summons; insolent, obstinate, stiff-necked”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tuˈma.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tuˈma.sjɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tuˈma.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tuˈma.sjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tuˈma.si.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tuˈma.sja/
- Hyphenation: con‧tu‧má‧ci‧a
Noun
contumácia f (plural contumácias)
- (chiefly Christianity and law) contumacy (stubbornness or disobedience)
- Synonym: teimosia