potestade

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin potestātem. Doublet of podestade.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.tesˈta.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.tesˈta.d͡ʒi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /po.teʃˈta.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.tesˈta.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.tɨʃˈta.dɨ/ [pu.tɨʃˈta.ðɨ]

• Hyphenation: po‧tes‧ta‧de

Noun

potestade f (plural potestades)

1. power, strength
2. potentate (person who holds power or authority)
3. divinity
4. (religion, in the plural) power (the angels of the sixth hierarchy)

Related terms

nouns

• potência f

 

Further reading

• “potestade”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “potestade”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024