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Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin reticentia.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.t͡ʃiˈsẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.t͡ʃiˈsẽ.sjɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.t͡ʃiˈsẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.t͡ʃiˈsẽ.sjɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.t͡ʃiˈsẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.t͡ʃiˈsẽ.sjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.t͡ʃiˈsẽ.si.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.t͡ʃiˈsẽ.sja/
- Hyphenation: re‧ti‧cên‧ci‧a
Noun
reticência f (plural reticências)
- reticence
- reluctance
- aposiopesis
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