circumstancia

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Noun

circumstancia f (plural circumstancias)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of circunstância.
    • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “O annel do diplomata [The diplomat’s ring]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 96:
      — Peço que me escutem! como sou o unico pobre que aqui está, e como todas as circumstancias são em meu desfavor, podem julgar que fui eu que roubei esse annel.
      I ask that you listen to me! as I am the only poor person standing here, and as the circumstances are against me, you can determine that I was the one who stole this ring.

Etymology 2

Verb

circumstancia

  1. inflection of circumstanciar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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