aderência

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• adherência (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adhaerentia, from adhaereō (“to cleave or stick to”), ad (“to, towards, at”) + haereō (“to cleave, to cling”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dɨˈɾẽ.sjɐ/ [ɐ.ðɨˈɾẽ.sjɐ]

Noun

aderência f (uncountable)

1. adherence (union of two objects)

   Synonyms: adesão, fixação, ligação

2. acceptance of a belief

   Synonym: aceitação

Related terms

• aderente
• aderido
• aderir

Further reading

• “aderência”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024