potestade

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin potestātem. Cf. also the archaic form podestade.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.tesˈta.d͡ʒi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /po.teʃˈta.d͡ʒi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.tesˈta.de/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.tɨʃˈta.dɨ/ [pu.tɨʃˈta.ðɨ]

Hyphenation: po‧tes‧ta‧de

Noun

potestade f (plural potestades)

power; authority
(biblical) power (fourth level of angels)

Synonyms

(power): poder

Related terms

potência

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