justiça

Meaning

(feminine) justice
(feminine,metonymically) court

Frequency

Hyphenated as

jus‧ti‧ça

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʒusˈt͡ʃi.sɐ/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese justiça, borrowed from Latin iūstitia (“justice”). Cognate with Galician xustiza, Spanish justicia, Catalan justícia, Occitan justícia, French justice, Italian giustizia and Romanian justiție. See also justeza, possibly a doublet.

Cognate with Galician

xustiza

Cognate with Spanish

justicia

Cognate with Catalan

justícia

Cognate with French

justice

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Sentences

A

Direcção-Geral da Justiça facilita a

abordagem do cidadão à justiça .

The Directorate-General for Justice facilitates the citizen's approach to justice.

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