ausência

See also: ausencia

Portuguese

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin absentia (“absence”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈzẽ.si.ɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈzẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /awˈzẽ.sjɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈzẽ.sjɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈzẽ.si.ɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈzẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /awˈzẽ.sjɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈzẽ.sjɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈzẽ.si.a/ [aʊ̯ˈzẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /awˈzẽ.sja/ [aʊ̯ˈzẽ.sja]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /awˈzẽ.sjɐ/

• Rhymes: -ẽsjɐ, -ẽsiɐ
• Hyphenation: au‧sên‧ci‧a

Noun

ausência f (plural ausências)

1. absence
   • 2009, Maria Gadú, Altar Particular:

     Sei lá, a tua ausência me causou o caos
     No breu de hoje eu sinto que
     O tempo da cura tornou a tristeza normal

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