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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin dēlinquentia (compare Catalan delinqüència, Spanish delincuencia), from Latin dēlinquēns.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.lĩˈkwẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /de.lĩˈkwẽ.sjɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.lĩˈkwẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /de.lĩˈkwẽ.sjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.lĩˈkwẽ.si.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /de.lĩˈkwẽ.sja/
- Hyphenation: de‧lin‧quên‧ci‧a
Noun
delinquência f (plural delinquências)
- delinquency (misconduct)
- delinquency (a criminal offense)