contenção

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ [kõ.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Hyphenation: con‧ten‧ção

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin contentiōnem.

Noun

contenção f (plural contenções)

  1. contention; struggle
    Synonym: contenda

Etymology 2

Noun

contenção f (plural contenções)

  1. restrainment (the act of restraining)

Further reading

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