apostasia
Portuguese, noun/a.pos.taˈzi.ɐ/
apostasia is spelled A-P-O-S-T-A-S-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 36,796th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apostasia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “apostasy (renunciation of set of beliefs)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “afastamento definitivo e deliberado de alguma coisa, uma renúncia de sua anterior fé ou doutrinação”.
What does apostasia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineapostasy (renunciation of set of beliefs)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. afastamento definitivo e deliberado de alguma coisa, uma renúncia de sua anterior fé ou doutrinação
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 apostasia
- apostasias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apostasia?
- Brazil /a.pos.taˈzi.ɐ/
- /a.poʃ.taˈzi.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 apostasia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apostasia in Portuguese?
apostasia appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).