bendição

Portuguese

Etymology

From bendizer + -ção, corresponding to Latin benedictionem (probably a semi-learned adaptation; compare the inherited doublet bênção).

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /bẽd͡ʒiˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bẽdiˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: ben‧di‧ção

Noun

bendição f (plural bendições)

  1. blessing (divine or supernatural aid or reward)

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Further reading
  • bendição in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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