sinecura
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /si.neˈku.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /si.neˈku.ɾa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /si.nɨˈku.ɾɐ/
- Hyphenation: si‧ne‧cu‧ra
Noun
sinecura f (plural sinecuras)
- sinecure (a job that requires no work but still gives a payment)
Further reading
- “sinecura”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “sinecura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sine cūrā (“carefree”, literally “without care”).
Noun
sinecura f (plural sinecuras)
Further reading
- “sinecura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025