contingência

See also: contingencia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contingentia.

Noun

contingência f (plural contingências)

  1. (uncountable) contingency; unpredictability (the quality of being contingent, unpredictable)
    Synonym: imprevisibilidade
  2. contingency; possibility (something which may or may not happen)
    Synonym: possibilidade

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “contingência” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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