reencarnação

Portuguese

Etymology

From reencarnar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ẽ.kaʁ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [he.ẽ.kaɦ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ẽ.kaʁ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [he.ẽ.kaɦ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ẽ.kaɾ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [he.ẽ.kaɾ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ẽ.kaʁ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [χe.ẽ.kaʁ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ẽ.kaɻ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [he.ẽ.kaɻ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁjẽ.kɐɾ.nɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: re‧en‧car‧na‧ção

Noun

reencarnação f (plural reencarnações)

1. reincarnation
   1. act or effect of reincarnating
   2. (religion, philosophy) metempsychosis
      1. (religion, philosophy) body in which, according to this theory, the spirit of a deceased person lives
   3. (Christianity) resurrection of bodies on judgment day
   4. (figuratively) resurgence of idea, phenomenon, etc.

Further reading

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