Polyglot Dictionary

incumbência

/ĩkũˈbẽsjɐ/

a noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as incumbências

Meaning

  1. task

    • Recebeu a incumbência.

      He received the task.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

tarefa

incumbência is more formal, an assigned duty or responsibility; tarefa is the everyday word, a task or chore.

Similar in other languages

French

tâche

tâche is the French word for the same thing — both mean "task."

Practice

1 What does incumbência mean?

2 Fill the gap: Recebeu a ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches incumbência?

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