contingência

See also: contingencia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contingentia.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.t͡ʃĩˈʒẽ.si.ɐ/ [kõ.t͡ʃĩˈʒẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.t͡ʃĩˈʒẽ.sjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.t͡ʃĩˈʒẽ.si.a/ [kõ.t͡ʃĩˈʒẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.t͡ʃĩˈʒẽ.sja/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tĩˈʒẽ.sjɐ/

Hyphenation: con‧tin‧gên‧ci‧a

Noun

contingência f (plural contingências)

(uncountable) contingency; unpredictability (the quality of being contingent, unpredictable)
Synonym: imprevisibilidade
contingency; possibility (something which may or may not happen)
Synonym: possibilidade

Derived terms

contingenciar
contingenciamento

Related terms

contingente

Further reading

“contingência” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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