agência

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian agenzia or French agence, both from Medieval Latin agentia. By surface analysis, agir +‎ -ência. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ẽsiɐ, (faster pronunciation) -ẽsjɐ Hyphenation: a‧gên‧ci‧a === Noun === agência f (plural agências) agency (capacity of individuals to act independently) agency (establishment engaged in doing business for another) agência imobiliária ― real estate agency agência funerária ― funerary home ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “agência”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026