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Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin resistentia.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.zisˈtẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.zisˈtẽ.sjɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.zisˈtẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.zisˈtẽ.sjɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.ziʃˈtẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.ziʃˈtẽ.sjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.zisˈtẽ.si.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.zisˈtẽ.sja/
- Hyphenation: re‧sis‧tên‧ci‧a
Noun
resistência f (plural resistências)
- resistance (act of resisting)
- (physics) resistance
- (physics) electrical resistance
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