arrebatamento
Portuguese, noun/a.ʁe.ba.taˈmẽ.tu/
arrebatamento is spelled A-R-R-E-B-A-T-A-M-E-N-T-O (13 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 42,839th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arrebatamento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “rapture (act or effect of snatching, taking or tearing away in a sudden or violent way)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de arrebatar(-se)”.
What does arrebatamento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerapture (act or effect of snatching, taking or tearing away in a sudden or violent way)
- 2
masculinerapture (gathering up of believers in end times)
- 3
masculineprecipitation
- 4
masculinesudden anger
- 5
masculineecstasy; exaltation
- 6
masculineenthusiasm
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de arrebatar(-se) 2. êxtase espiritual 3. empolgação 4. impulso, furor repentino
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 arrebatamento
- arrebatamentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arrebatamento?
- Brazil /a.ʁe.ba.taˈmẽ.tu/
- Brazil [a.he.ba.taˈmẽ.tu]
- /a.ʁe.ba.taˈmẽ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is arrebatamento in Portuguese?
arrebatamento appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).