'i18n special characters not displaying correctly in thymeleaf email template

I'm using i18n to translate emails in my Java SpringBoot Application, using thymeleaf as its templates. The problem occurs when i write special characters from portuguese language, when i receive the email (via Outlook web/app, and the Mail app from windows) it displays like this:

Descri��o
Para maiores informa��es clique aqui.

When I'm trying to display this text:

Para maiores informações, clique aqui

Descrição

I've tried with <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />, I've also tried adding HTML special characters to replace the C and A in portuguese like so: descri&Ccedil&Atildeo and it still doesnt work. I've done my research but I still cant find why these special characters wont display correctly.



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