circunspecção
Portuguese, noun
circunspecção is spelled C-I-R-C-U-N-S-P-E-C-Ç-Ã-O (13 letters) and appears about once in every 91 million words in written Portuguese, the 258,761st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Circunspecção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of circunspeção; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “discrição posta em atos e palavras”.
What does circunspecção mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of circunspeção; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. discrição posta em atos e palavras 2. prudência 3. cautela 4. atenção
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 circunspecção
- circunspecções plural
- circumspecção alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is circunspecção in Portuguese?
circunspecção appears about once in every 91 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).