sindicância

/sĩdʒiˈkɐ̃sjɐ/

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
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
as sindicâncias

Meaning

  1. inquiry

    • Abriram uma sindicância.

      They opened an inquiry.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

inquérito

inquérito is more general, like a police or criminal inquiry; sindicância is more specific to administrative investigations, like a workplace inquiry.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

indagación

indagación is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "inquiry."

Practice

1 What does sindicância mean?

2 Fill the gap: Abriram uma ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches sindicância?

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