condescendência
Portuguese, noun/kõ.de.sẽˈdẽ.sjɐ/
condescendência is spelled C-O-N-D-E-S-C-E-N-D-Ê-N-C-I-A (15 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 53,221st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Condescendência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “condescendence; condescension (courtesy toward inferiors)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “boa vontade, benevolência”.
What does condescendência mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecondescendence; condescension (courtesy toward inferiors)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. boa vontade, benevolência
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 condescendência
- condescendências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce condescendência?
- Brazil /kõ.de.sẽˈdẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal /kõ.dɨʃ.sẽˈdẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal /kõ.dɨ.ʃẽˈdẽ.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 condescendência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is condescendência in Portuguese?
condescendência appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).