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acidente

acidente

See also: açidente

Portuguese

acidente

Noun

acidente m (plural acidentes)

  1. accident (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  2. (geology) accident (irregular surface)

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Etymology

From Latin accidēns, present active participle of accidō ‎(“happen”); from ad ‎(“to”) + cadō ‎(“fall”); respectively from Proto-Indo-European *ád ‎(“near, at”) and Proto-Indo-European *ḱad- ‎(“to fall”).

Pronunciation

  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /a.si.ˈdẽ.te/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.si.ˈdẽ.tɨ/
  • Hyphenation: a‧ci‧den‧te

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