concupiscência
Portuguese, noun/kõ.ku.piˈsẽ.sjɐ/
concupiscência is spelled C-O-N-C-U-P-I-S-C-Ê-N-C-I-A (14 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 103,739th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Concupiscência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “concupiscence, lust, longing, desire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desejo ardente, intenso”.
What does concupiscência mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineconcupiscence, lust, longing, desire
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. desejo ardente, intenso 2. desejo sexual 3. desejo material
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 concupiscência
- concupiscências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce concupiscência?
- Brazil /kõ.ku.piˈsẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal /kõ.ku.piʃˈsẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal /kõ.ku.piˈʃẽ.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 concupiscência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is concupiscência in Portuguese?
concupiscência appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).