beneficência

See also: beneficencia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin beneficentia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.ne.fiˈsẽ.si.ɐ/ [be.ne.fiˈsẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /be.ne.fiˈsẽ.sjɐ/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.nɨ.fiˈsẽ.sjɐ/

• Hyphenation: be‧ne‧fi‧cên‧ci‧a

Noun

beneficência f (plural beneficências)

1. beneficence
2. charity
3. philanthropy

Related terms

• beneficente

Further reading

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