benção

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese beençon.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /bẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ [bẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

  • Hyphenation: ben‧ção

Noun

benção f (plural benções or (as a misspelling) bençãos)

  1. (now dialectal, sometimes proscribed) alternative form of bênção
    • 1552, João de Barros, chapter II, in Aſia de Joam de Barros [João de Barros’s Asia]‎[1], 1st edition, volume V, Lisbon: Germão Galharde, page 56r:
      […] poꝛ dar nome aquella tę́rra per elle nóuamente acháda: mãdou aruoꝛar hũa cruz muy grãde no mais alto lugar de hũa áruoꝛe ⁊ ao pę della ſe diſſe miſſa. A qual foy póſta com ſolennidade de benções dos ſacerdótes: dando eſte nome á tęrra, Sancta cruz.
      […] for giving name to that land newly discovered by him, he ordered a very large Cross to be raised at the highest point of a tree, and at its foot a Mass was said, which was conducted with solemn Priestly blessings, giving the land the name Santa Cruz [Holy Cross].

Usage notes

  • This spelling is accepted as representing the variant oxytone pronunciation of the word; however, it is commonly used by speakers who pronounce the word as a paroxytone. In this context, the spelling is considered a misspelling.

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