contrassenso
Portuguese, noun/kõ.tɾaˈsẽ.su/
contrassenso is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-S-S-E-N-S-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese, the 146,979th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contrassenso is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “countersense (a nonsensical idea, a contradiction in terms)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “disparate; ação e/ou comportamento que se opõem à razão, sem lógica”.
What does contrassenso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecountersense (a nonsensical idea, a contradiction in terms)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. disparate; ação e/ou comportamento que se opõem à razão, sem lógica
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 contrassenso
- contrassensos plural
- contra-senso alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contrassenso?
- Brazil /kõ.tɾaˈsẽ.su/
- Portugal /kõ.tɾɐˈsẽ.su/
- Portugal /kõ.tɾɐ.ˈsẽ.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is contrassenso in Portuguese?
contrassenso appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).