reverência

See also: reverencia, reverenciá, reverencià, and reverència

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin reverentia.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.veˈɾẽ.si.ɐ/ [he.veˈɾẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.veˈɾẽ.sjɐ/ [he.veˈɾẽ.sjɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.veˈɾẽ.si.ɐ/ [χe.veˈɾẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.veˈɾẽ.sjɐ/ [χe.veˈɾẽ.sjɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.veˈɾẽ.si.a/ [he.veˈɾẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.veˈɾẽ.sja/ [he.veˈɾẽ.sja]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.vɨˈɾẽ.sjɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.bɨˈɾẽ.sjɐ/ [ʁɨ.βɨˈɾẽ.sjɐ]

Hyphenation: re‧ve‧rên‧ci‧a

Noun

reverência f (plural reverências)

reverence (profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context)
reverence (form of address for some members of the clergy)
bow (gesture made by bending forward at the waist)
Synonyms: mesura, vénia, cortesia

Derived terms

reverencioso

Related terms

reverente

Further reading

“reverência” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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