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astúcia

Portuguese, noun/asˈtu.sjɐ/

astúcia is spelled A-S-T-Ú-C-I-A (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,104th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Astúcia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “astuteness, craftiness, cunning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade de alguém astuto, esperto, sagaz, inteligente, sábio”.

What does astúcia mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineastuteness, craftiness, cunning

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. qualidade de alguém astuto, esperto, sagaz, inteligente, sábio 2. faculdade adquirida em enganar

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 astúcia

  • astúcias plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce astúcia?

  • Brazil /asˈtu.sjɐ/
  • /aʃˈtu.sjɐ/
  • Portugal /ɐʃˈtu.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 astúcia

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is astúcia in Portuguese?

astúcia appears 1.1 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).

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