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Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin indigentia.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.d͡ʒiˈʒẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.d͡ʒiˈʒẽ.sjɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.d͡ʒiˈʒẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.d͡ʒiˈʒẽ.sjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.d͡ʒiˈʒẽ.si.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.d͡ʒiˈʒẽ.sja/
- Hyphenation: in‧di‧gên‧ci‧a
Noun
indigência f (plural indigências)
- indigence (extreme poverty)
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