aspereza
Portuguese, noun/as.peˈɾe.zɐ/
aspereza is spelled A-S-P-E-R-E-Z-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 71,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aspereza is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “roughness (the quality of being rough, not smooth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade do que é áspero”.
What does aspereza mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineroughness (the quality of being rough, not smooth)
- 2
femininethe quality of being indelicate, rude
- 3
femininethe quality of being rough-sounding, strident
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualidade do que é áspero 2. rudeza
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 aspereza
- asperezas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aspereza?
- Brazil /as.peˈɾe.zɐ/
- /aʃ.peˈɾe.zɐ/
- Portugal /ɐʃ.pɨˈɾe.zɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aspereza
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aspereza in Portuguese?
aspereza appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).