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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin repugnantia (“resistance; repugnance”), from repugnō (“to resist”), from re- + pugnō (“to fight”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.pu.ɡiˈnɐ̃.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.pu.ɡiˈnɐ̃.sjɐ/ , /ʁe.puɡˈnɐ̃.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.puɡˈnɐ̃.sjɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.pu.ɡiˈnɐ̃.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.pu.ɡiˈnɐ̃.sjɐ/ , /ʁe.puɡˈnɐ̃.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.puɡˈnɐ̃.sjɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.pu.ɡiˈnɐ̃.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.pu.ɡiˈnɐ̃.sjɐ/ , /ʁe.puɡˈnɐ̃.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.puɡˈnɐ̃.sjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.puɡˈnɐ̃.si.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.puɡˈnɐ̃.sja/ , /ʁe.pu.ɡiˈnɐ̃.si.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.pu.ɡiˈnɐ̃.sja/
- Hyphenation: re‧pug‧nân‧ci‧a
Noun
repugnância f (uncountable)
- disgust; aversion; repugnance
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:repugnância