"decência" meaning in Portuguese

See decência in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /deˈsẽ.si.ɐ/ [Brazil], [deˈsẽ.sɪ.ɐ] [Brazil], /deˈsẽ.sjɐ/ [Brazil], /deˈsẽ.si.ɐ/ [Brazil], [deˈsẽ.sɪ.ɐ] [Brazil], /deˈsẽ.sjɐ/ [Brazil], /deˈsẽ.si.a/ [Southern-Brazil], [deˈsẽ.sɪ.a] [Southern-Brazil], /deˈsẽ.sja/ [Southern-Brazil], /dɨˈsẽ.sjɐ/ [Portugal] Forms: decências [plural]
Rhymes: -ẽsiɐ, (faster pronunciation) -ẽsjɐ Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin decentia. Etymology templates: {{lbor|pt|la|decentia}} Learned borrowing from Latin decentia Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} decência f (plural decências)
  1. decency (the quality of being decent) Tags: feminine Derived forms: indecência Related terms: decente, indecente
    Sense id: en-decência-pt-noun-GUKr7OZw Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Learned borrowing from Latin decentia.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "decências",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "de‧cên‧ci‧a"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "indecência"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "decency (the quality of being decent)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
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        {
          "word": "decente"
        },
        {
          "word": "indecente"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/deˈsẽ.si.ɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[deˈsẽ.sɪ.ɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/deˈsẽ.sjɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/deˈsẽ.si.ɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[deˈsẽ.sɪ.ɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/deˈsẽ.sjɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/deˈsẽ.si.a/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[deˈsẽ.sɪ.a]",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/deˈsẽ.sja/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɨˈsẽ.sjɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ẽsiɐ"
    },
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      "rhymes": "(faster pronunciation) -ẽsjɐ"
    }
  ],
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    }
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    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "decente"
    },
    {
      "word": "indecente"
    }
  ],
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        "Portuguese feminine nouns",
        "Portuguese learned borrowings from Latin",
        "Portuguese lemmas",
        "Portuguese nouns",
        "Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin",
        "Portuguese terms derived from Latin",
        "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Rhymes:Portuguese/ẽsiɐ",
        "Rhymes:Portuguese/ẽsiɐ/4 syllables",
        "Rhymes:Portuguese/ẽsjɐ",
        "Rhymes:Portuguese/ẽsjɐ/4 syllables"
      ],
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      ],
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      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[deˈsẽ.sɪ.ɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/deˈsẽ.sjɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/deˈsẽ.si.ɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[deˈsẽ.sɪ.ɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/deˈsẽ.sjɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/deˈsẽ.si.a/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[deˈsẽ.sɪ.a]",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/deˈsẽ.sja/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɨˈsẽ.sjɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ẽsiɐ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(faster pronunciation) -ẽsjɐ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "decência"
}

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