aparência
Portuguese, noun/a.paˈɾẽ.sjɐ/
aparência is spelled A-P-A-R-Ê-N-C-I-A (9 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,999th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aparência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “appearance (semblance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o que se mostra superficialmente ou à primeira vista, aspecto; figura”.
What does aparência mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineappearance (semblance)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o que se mostra superficialmente ou à primeira vista, aspecto; figura 2. possibilidade; probabilidade 3. sinal; vestígio; sintoma 4. aspecto exterior ilusório; quimera; disfarce
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of aparência
- aparências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aparência?
- Brazil /a.paˈɾẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.pɐˈɾẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.pɐ.ˈɾẽ.sjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aparência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aparência in Portuguese?
aparência appears 30 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).