silêncio

See also: silencio and silenció

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin silentium. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese seenço.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈlẽ.si.u/ [siˈlẽ.sɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /siˈlẽ.sju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈlẽ.si.o/ [siˈlẽ.sɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /siˈlẽ.sjo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /siˈlẽ.sju/

Hyphenation: si‧lên‧ci‧o

Noun

silêncio m (plural silêncios)

silence (the lack of any sound)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:silêncio.

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