residência

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See also: residencia, residenciá, and residència

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin residentia, from Latin residēns (“residing”), from resideō (“to reside”), from re- + sedeō (“to sit”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.ziˈdẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.ziˈdẽ.sjɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.ziˈdẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.ziˈdẽ.sjɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.ziˈdẽ.si.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.ziˈdẽ.sja/

  • Hyphenation: re‧si‧dên‧ci‧a

Noun

residência f (plural residências)

  1. residence (the place where one lives)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:habitação
  2. (Brazil) residency (position or term of a medical resident)
    Synonym: residência médica
  3. domicile
    Synonym: domicílio

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