descendência

See also: descendencia and descendència

Portuguese

Etymology

From descendente +‎ -ência.

Pronunciation

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

(Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /dɨʃ.sẽˈdẽ.sjɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /dɨ.ʃẽˈdẽ.sjɐ/

Rhymes: -ẽsjɐ

Noun

descendência f (plural descendências)

offspring, progeny, issue (all the descendants of a person)

Related terms

descender

Further reading

“descendência” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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