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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin incontinentia.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.kõ.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.kõ.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.sjɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.kõ.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.kõ.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.sjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.kõ.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.si.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.kõ.t͡ʃiˈnẽ.sja/
- Hyphenation: in‧con‧ti‧nên‧ci‧a
Noun
incontinência f (plural incontinências)
- incontinence (lack of self-restraint)
- Synonym: descomedimento
- (medicine) incontinence (inability to restrain discharge of urine or faeces)