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amência

Portuguese, noun/aˈmẽ.sjɐ/

amência is spelled A-M-Ê-N-C-I-A (7 letters). Amência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “amentia (acute dementia)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “carência de inteligência, imbecilidade; deficiência mental”.

What does amência mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    datedfeminineamentia (acute dementia)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. carência de inteligência, imbecilidade; deficiência mental 2. confusão mental durante o sonho

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of amência

  • amências plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce amência?

  • Brazil /aˈmẽ.sjɐ/
  • Portugal /ɐˈmẽ.sjɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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