excrescência

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin excrescentia. Cognate with Spanish excrecencia.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.kɾeˈsẽ.si.ɐ/ [is.kɾeˈsẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /is.kɾeˈsẽ.sjɐ/, /es.kɾeˈsẽ.si.ɐ/ [es.kɾeˈsẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /es.kɾeˈsẽ.sjɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.kɾeˈsẽ.si.ɐ/ [iʃ.kɾeˈsẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /iʃ.kɾeˈsẽ.sjɐ/, /eʃ.kɾeˈsẽ.si.ɐ/ [eʃ.kɾeˈsẽ.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /eʃ.kɾeˈsẽ.sjɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.kɾeˈsẽ.si.a/ [es.kɾeˈsẽ.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /es.kɾeˈsẽ.sja/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /(i)ʃ.kɾɨʃˈsẽ.sjɐ/, /(i)ʃ.kɾɨˈsẽ.sjɐ/

  • Rhymes: -ẽsiɐ, -ẽsjɐ
  • Hyphenation: ex‧cres‧cên‧ci‧a

Noun

excrescência f (plural excrescências)

  1. excrescence (greater or lesser protrusion above a surface)
  2. (medicine) excrescence (any tumor protruding from the skin or mucous membrane)
  3. (figuratively) superfluity (useless thing)

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