sonolência

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See also: soñolencia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin somnolentia, derived from Latin somnus (“sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos (“sleep”, “slumber”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /so.noˈlẽ.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /so.noˈlẽ.sjɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /so.noˈlẽ.si.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /so.noˈlẽ.sja/

  • Hyphenation: so‧no‧lên‧ci‧a

Noun

sonolência f (plural sonolências)

  1. somnolence
  2. slumber

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