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Galician
Noun
potência f (plural potências, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of potencia
References
- “potência” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin potentia.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /poˈtẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /poˈtẽ.sjɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /poˈtẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /poˈtẽ.sjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /poˈtẽ.si.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /poˈtẽ.sja/
Noun
potência f (plural potências)
- potency, potential
- power, might, force
- (mathematics) power (a product of equal factors)
- à terceira potência ― to the third power
Derived terms
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