diligência

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See also: diligencia, diligenciá, and diligència

Galician

Noun

diligência f (plural diligências, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of dilixencia

Further reading

  • “diligência” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dīligentia. Definition #5 based on French diligence.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.liˈʒẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.liˈʒẽ.sjɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.liˈʒẽ.si.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.liˈʒẽ.sja/

  • Hyphenation: di‧li‧gên‧ci‧a

Noun

diligência f (plural diligências)

  1. diligence
  2. zeal, dedication
  3. investigation
  4. (law) enforcement
  5. (historical) stage-coach, diligence

Further reading

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