apetência
Portuguese, noun/a.peˈtẽ.sjɐ/
apetência is spelled A-P-E-T-Ê-N-C-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 106,884th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apetência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “appetence, desire (the state or action of desiring or craving)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que apetite”.
What does apetência mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineappetence, desire (the state or action of desiring or craving)
- 2
feminineaptitude; natural ability (often with para)
- 3
femininerarehunger, appetite
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que apetite
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 apetência
- apetências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apetência?
- Brazil /a.peˈtẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.pɨˈtẽ.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 apetência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apetência in Portuguese?
apetência appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).