beneficência
Portuguese, noun/be.ne.fiˈsẽ.sjɐ/
beneficência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “beneficence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação de beneficiar”.
What does beneficência mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebeneficence
- 2
femininecharity
- 3
femininephilanthropy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ação de beneficiar 2. virtude de fazer o bem 3. prática de obras de caridade ou filantropia 4. auxílio
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 beneficência
- beneficências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beneficência?
- Brazil /be.ne.fiˈsẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal /bɨ.nɨ.fiˈsẽ.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 beneficência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is beneficência in Portuguese?
beneficência 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).