reencarnação

Portuguese

Etymology

From reencarnar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ẽ.kaʁ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [he.ẽ.kaɦ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ẽ.kaɾ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [he.ẽ.kaɾ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ẽ.kaʁ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [χe.ẽ.kaʁ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.ẽ.kaɻ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/ [he.ẽ.kaɻ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁjẽ.kɐɾ.nɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: re‧en‧car‧na‧ção

Noun

reencarnação f (plural reencarnações)

reincarnation
1. act or effect of reincarnating
2. (religion, philosophy) metempsychosis
  1. (religion, philosophy) body in which, according to this theory, the spirit of a deceased person lives
3. (Christianity) resurrection of bodies on judgment day
4. (figuratively) resurgence of idea, phenomenon, etc.

Further reading

“reencarnação” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
“reencarnação” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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