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vigilância

vigilância

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See also: vigilancia and vigilància

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vigilantia.

Pronunciation

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

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /vi.ʒiˈlɐ̃.sjɐ/, /vɨ.ʒiˈlɐ̃.sjɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bi.ʒiˈlɐ̃.sjɐ/, /bɨ.ʒiˈlɐ̃.sjɐ/

Hyphenation: vi‧gi‧lân‧ci‧a

Noun

vigilância f (plural vigilâncias)

vigilance
surveillance
oversight
(colloquial) Ellipsis of vigilância sanitária.

Related terms

vigilante

Further reading

“vigilância”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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