delinquência

See also: delinqüència

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin dēlinquentia (compare Catalan delinqüència, Spanish delincuencia), from Latin dēlinquēns.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.lĩˈkwẽ.sjɐ/

• Hyphenation: de‧lin‧quên‧ci‧a

Noun

delinquência f (plural delinquências)

1. delinquency (misconduct)
2. delinquency (a criminal offense)

Related terms

• delinquente