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Etymology[edit]
From descendente + -ência.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.sẽˈdẽ.si.ɐ/ [de.sẽˈdẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /de.sẽˈdẽ.sjɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.sẽˈdẽ.si.ɐ/ [de.sẽˈdẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /de.sẽˈdẽ.sjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.sẽˈdẽ.si.a/ [de.sẽˈdẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /de.sẽˈdẽ.sja/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /dɨʃ.sẽˈdẽ.sjɐ/, /dɨ.sẽˈdẽ.sjɐ/
descendência f (plural descendências)
- offspring, progeny, issue (all the descendants of a person)
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