sinecura

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.neˈku.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.neˈku.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.neˈku.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /si.nɨˈku.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: si‧ne‧cu‧ra

Noun

sinecura f (plural sinecuras)

1. sinecure (a job that requires no work but still gives a payment)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sine cūrā (“carefree”, literally “without care”).

Noun

sinecura f (plural sinecuras)

1. sinecure

Further reading

• “sinecura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014