Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
"degenerecência"
English translation:
degeneration
Added to glossary by
zabrowa
Aug 15, 2008 16:22
15 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
"degenerecência"
Portuguese to English
Social Sciences
Linguistics
The naturalist von Martius used the term "degenerecencia" in his work on Portuguese to express his idea that a flexional language (e.g. European languages) can loose inflexion and becomes a monossilabic language. The idea is the contrary of "evolution"
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | degeneration |
Marcos Antonio
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| 4 | Decay; Deterioration |
Silvia Rebelo
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Proposed translations
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Marcos Antonio
Native in Portuguese
Electric Engineer/Military
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
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degeneration
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degenerescência : degeneration
degenerescência : degeneration
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Henrique Magalhaes
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Obrigado, Henrique
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Alyson Steele Weickert, Ph.D.
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Obrigado, Alyson
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Mary Palmer
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Obrigado, Mary
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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Silvia Rebelo
Native in Portuguese
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English
Specializes in field
Meticulous, Reliable and Hard Working
Native in: English 
, Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Decay; Deterioration
two other possibilities.
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