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diligência

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Galician

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Noun

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diligência f (plural diligências, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of dilixencia

Further reading

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  • diligência” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin dīligentia. Definition #5 based on French diligence.

Pronunciation

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

  • Hyphenation: di‧li‧gên‧ci‧a

Noun

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diligência f (plural diligências)

  1. diligence
  2. zeal, dedication
  3. investigation
  4. (law) enforcement
  5. (historical) stage-coach, diligence
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Further reading

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