circunspeção
Portuguese, noun/siʁ.kũs.peˈsɐ̃w̃/
circunspeção is spelled C-I-R-C-U-N-S-P-E-Ç-Ã-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written Portuguese, the 205,610th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Circunspeção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “circumspection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does circunspeção mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecircumspection
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of circunspeção
- circunspeções plural
- circunspecção alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce circunspeção?
- Brazil /siʁ.kũs.peˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [sih.kũs.peˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /siɾ.kũs.peˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to circunspeção
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is circunspeção in Portuguese?
circunspeção appears about once in every 54 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).