contingência

See also: contingencia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contingentia.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tĩˈʒẽ.sjɐ/

• Hyphenation: con‧tin‧gên‧ci‧a

Noun

contingência f (plural contingências)

1. (uncountable) contingency; unpredictability (the quality of being contingent, unpredictable)

   Synonym: imprevisibilidade

2. contingency; possibility (something which may or may not happen)

   Synonym: possibilidade

Derived terms

• contingenciar
• contingenciamento

Related terms

• contingente

Further reading

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