contumácia
Portuguese, noun/kõ.tuˈma.sjɐ/
contumácia is spelled C-O-N-T-U-M-Á-C-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written Portuguese, the 166,096th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contumácia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “contumacy (stubbornness or disobedience)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “teimosia excessiva; insistência e pertinácia”.
What does contumácia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecontumacy (stubbornness or disobedience)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. teimosia excessiva; insistência e pertinácia 2. desobediência intencional à qualquer ordem judicial
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 contumácia
- contumácias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contumácia?
- Brazil /kõ.tuˈma.sjɐ/
- Portugal /kõ.tuˈma.sjɐ/
- /kõtuˈmasjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contumácia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contumácia in Portuguese?
contumácia appears about once in every 33 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).