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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin exsequiās.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /eˈzɛ.ki.ɐs/ , (faster pronunciation) /eˈzɛ.kjɐs/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /eˈzɛ.ki.ɐs/ , (faster pronunciation) /eˈzɛ.kjɐs/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /eˈzɛ.ki.ɐʃ/ , (faster pronunciation) /eˈzɛ.kjɐʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /eˈzɛ.ki.as/ , (faster pronunciation) /eˈzɛ.kjas/
Noun
exéquias f pl (plural only)
- funeral or similar posthumous cerimonies
- (by extension) prayers said during those cerimonies