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Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin paenitentia.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pẽˈdẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /pẽˈdẽ.sjɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pẽˈdẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /pẽˈdẽ.sjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pẽˈdẽ.si.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /pẽˈdẽ.sja/
Noun
pendência f (plural pendências)
- conflict; disagreement
- pendency, dependency (quality or condition of what is pending)
- (law) period during which a legal matter awaits court resolution (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
- (colloquial) inclination; sympathy