-ência
Portuguese, suffix/ˈẽ.sjɐ/
-ência is spelled Ê-N-C-I-A (5 letters). -ência is a Portuguese feminine suffix meaning “forms nouns, from verbs, indicating a state or condition; -ence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação, estado, qualidade”.
What does -ência mean in English?
suffix
- 1
feminineforms nouns, from verbs, indicating a state or condition; -ence
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. ação, estado, qualidade
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.
How do you pronounce -ência?
- Brazil /ˈẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal /ˈẽ.sjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.