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Verb
silencio
- first-person singular present indicative of silenciar
Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese silençio, from Latin silentium.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
silencio m (plural silencios)
- silence
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “silençio” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “silen.io” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “silencio” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “silencio” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
silencio
- first-person singular present indicative of silenciar
Portuguese
Verb
silencio
- first-person singular present indicative of silenciar
Spanish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin silentium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /siˈlenθjo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /siˈlensjo/
- (Spain) Rhymes: -enθjo
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -ensjo
- Syllabification: si‧len‧cio
Noun
silencio m (plural silencios)
- silence
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
silencio
- first-person singular present indicative of silenciar
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