resistência

See also: resistencia and resistència

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin resistentia.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.zisˈtẽ.si.ɐ/ [he.zisˈtẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.zisˈtẽ.sjɐ/ [he.zisˈtẽ.sjɐ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.ziʃˈtẽ.si.ɐ/ [χe.ziʃˈtẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.ziʃˈtẽ.sjɐ/ [χe.ziʃˈtẽ.sjɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.zisˈtẽ.si.a/ [he.zisˈtẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.zisˈtẽ.sja/ [he.zisˈtẽ.sja]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.ziʃˈtẽ.sjɐ/, /ʁɨ.zɨʃˈtẽ.sjɐ/

  • Hyphenation: re‧sis‧tên‧ci‧a

Noun

resistência f (plural resistências)

  1. resistance (act of resisting)
  2. (physics) resistance
  3. (physics) electrical resistance

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