apologia
Portuguese, noun/a.po.loˈʒi.ɐ/
apologia is spelled A-P-O-L-O-G-I-A (8 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 18,535th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apologia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “apology (formal justification, defence)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “discurso de defesa, justificativa ou louvor de algo (especialmente de uma doutrina, ação, obra etc.)”.
What does apologia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineapology (formal justification, defence)
- 2
feminineendorsement, defence, commendation
Ele fez apologia ao nazismo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. discurso de defesa, justificativa ou louvor de algo (especialmente de uma doutrina, ação, obra etc.) 2. defesa apaixonada de alguém ou algo; elogio, enaltecimento
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 apologia
- apologias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apologia?
- Brazil /a.po.loˈʒi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.pu.luˈʒi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to apologia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apologia in Portuguese?
apologia appears 2.7 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).