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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin occurrentia. By surface analysis, ocorrer + -ência.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.koˈʁẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /o.koˈʁẽ.sjɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.koˈʁẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /o.koˈʁẽ.sjɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /o.koˈʁẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /o.koˈʁẽ.sjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /o.koˈʁẽ.si.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /o.koˈʁẽ.sja/
- Hyphenation: o‧cor‧rên‧ci‧a
Noun
ocorrência f (plural ocorrências)
- occurrence (actual instance where a situation arises)
- Synonyms: acontecimento, ocorrido
- (uncountable) the intensity or quantity of something which occurs in a specific location or point in time; incidence
- Synonym: incidência
Este local tem uma alta ocorrência de malária.- This location has a high incidence of malaria.