vingança

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese vingança, vengança, from vingar (“to avenge”) + -ança (“-ance”), from Latin vindicāre, present active infinitive of vindicō (“I avenge; I liberate; I protect”).

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /vĩ.ˈɡɐ̃.sa/, /vĩ.ˈɡɐ̃.sɐ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /vĩ.ˈɡɐ̃.sɐ/
  • Hyphenation: vin‧gan‧ça

Noun

vingança f (plural vinganças)

  1. revenge (retaliatory action)

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • a vingança é um prato que se come frio
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