Feminine

bênção

Meaning

  1. (feminine) benediction, blessing
  2. (feminine) grace

Opposite of
maldição
Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbẽ.sɐ̃w̃/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese bẽeiçon, from beençon (which yielded benção), from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin benedictiōnem (“blessing; benediction”), from benedictus, from Latin benedīcō. The plural in -ãos was formed by analogy with other paroxytones in -ão. Doublet of bendição, a later semi-learned borrowing.

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