decência

See also: decencia and decència

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin decentia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈsẽ.si.ɐ/ [deˈsẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /deˈsẽ.sjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈsẽ.si.ɐ/ [deˈsẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /deˈsẽ.sjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈsẽ.si.a/ [deˈsẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /deˈsẽ.sja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈsẽ.sjɐ/

• Hyphenation: de‧cên‧ci‧a

Noun

decência f (plural decências)

1. decency (the quality of being decent)

Related terms

• decente
• indecência

Further reading

• “decência”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025