sinecura

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.neˈku.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.neˈku.ɾa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /si.nɨˈku.ɾɐ/

Hyphenation: si‧ne‧cu‧ra

Noun

sinecura f (plural sinecuras)

sinecure (a job that requires no work but still gives a payment)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sine cūrā (“carefree”, literally “without care”).

Noun

sinecura f (plural sinecuras)

sinecure

Further reading

“sinecura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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