Feminine

sentença

Meaning

  1. (feminine) sentence (decision of a jury)
  2. (feminine) quote; proverb; maxim (a wise or classic saying)
  3. (archaic, feminine) sentence (grammatically complete series of words)

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sẽˈtẽ.sɐ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sentença, from Latin sententia (“opinion; sentence”), from sentiō (“to feel, to perceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”).

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