licença-maternidade

Portuguese

Etymology

From licença (“leave, permit, license”) +‎ maternidade (“maternity”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /liˈsẽ.sɐ ma.teʁ.niˈda.d͡ʒi/ [liˈsẽ.sɐ ma.teɦ.niˈda.d͡ʒi]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /liˈsẽ.sɐ ma.teɾ.niˈda.d͡ʒi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /liˈsẽ.sɐ ma.teʁ.niˈda.d͡ʒi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /liˈsẽ.sa ma.teɻ.niˈda.de/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /liˈsẽ.sɐ mɐ.tɨɾ.niˈda.dɨ/ [liˈsẽ.sɐ mɐ.tɨɾ.niˈða.ðɨ]

Hyphenation: li‧cen‧ça-ma‧ter‧ni‧da‧de

Noun

licença-maternidade f (plural licenças-maternidades or licenças-maternidade) (Brazil)

maternity leave (paid work leave of 120 days to which a pregnant woman is entitled from the ninth month of pregnancy)
Ela está em licença-maternidade de quatro meses.
She is on a four-month maternity leave.

Coordinate terms

licença-paternidade

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