ascendência

See also: ascendencia and ascendència

Portuguese

Etymology

From ascendente, from Latin ascendēns.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.sẽˈdẽ.si.ɐ/ [a.sẽˈdẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /a.sẽˈdẽ.sjɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.sẽˈdẽ.si.a/ [a.sẽˈdẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /a.sẽˈdẽ.sja/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ɐʃ.sẽˈdẽ.sjɐ/, /ɐ.ʃẽˈdẽ.sjɐ/

  • Rhymes: -ẽsiɐ, (faster pronunciation) -ẽsjɐ
  • Hyphenation: as‧cen‧dên‧ci‧a

Noun

ascendência f (plural ascendências)

  1. descent; ancestry; lineage (hereditary derivation)
    Synonyms: descendência, linhagem, origem, raiz

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