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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin indifferentia.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: in‧di‧fe‧ren‧ça
Noun
indiferença f (plural indiferenças)
- indifference
1938, Graciliano Ramos, “O menino mais novo [The Younger Son]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 70:Não se conformando com semelhante indifferença depois da façanha do pae, o menino foi accordar Baleia, que preguiçava, a barriguinha vermelha descoberta, sem vergonha.- Unwilling to accept such indifference after his father’s feat, the boy went to wake up Baleia, who was lounging lazily, her little red belly exposed, shamelessly.
- nonchalance
- aloofness