Words ending in -ência and -ância

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Word 1 of 3: paciência, patience

/pasiˈẽsjɐ/
paciência

patiencenoun

Staying calm while waiting, without getting irritated.

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The ending sounds like "ên-sia": the "ên" is nasal and carries the stress, and the "cia" becomes a single syllable.

  1. 1Tenha paciência, ainda faltam muitas caixas para fechar.Be patient, there are still a lot of boxes left to close up.