ocorrência
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin occurrentia. By surface analysis, ocorrer + -ência.
Pronunciation edit
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.koˈʁẽ.si.ɐ/ [o.koˈhẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /o.koˈʁẽ.sjɐ/ [o.koˈhẽ.sjɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /o.koˈʁẽ.si.ɐ/ [o.koˈχẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /o.koˈʁẽ.sjɐ/ [o.koˈχẽ.sjɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /o.koˈʁẽ.si.a/ [o.koˈhẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /o.koˈʁẽ.sja/ [o.koˈhẽ.sja]
- Hyphenation: o‧cor‧rên‧ci‧a
Noun edit
ocorrência f (plural ocorrências)
- occurrence (actual instance where a situation arises)
- Synonyms: acontecimento, ocorrido
- (uncountable) the intensity or quantity of something which occurs in a specific location or point in time; incidence
- Synonym: incidência
- Este local tem uma alta ocorrência de malária.
- This location has a high incidence of malaria.