sentença
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese sentença, from Latin sententia (“opinion; sentence”), from sēntiō (“I feel, I perceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /sẽ.ˈtẽ.sa/, /sẽ.ˈtẽ.sɐ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sẽ.ˈtẽ.sɐ/
- Hyphenation: sen‧ten‧ça
Noun
sentença f (plural sentenças)
- (law) sentence (decision of a jury)
- quote; proverb; maxim (a wise or classic saying)
- (obsolete, grammar) sentence (grammatically complete series of words)
Synonyms
- (decision of a jury): decisão, deliberação, julgamento, veredito
- (proverb): See Thesaurus:provérbio
- (grammatically complete series of words): oração
Related terms
- sentenciação
- sentenciado
- sentenciador
- sentencial
- sentenciamento
- sentenciar
- sentenciosamente
- sentencioso