corrupção
Portuguese, noun/ko.ʁupˈsɐ̃w̃/
corrupção is spelled C-O-R-R-U-P-Ç-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears 44 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,139th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Corrupção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “corruption (act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “suborno”.
What does corrupção mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecorruption (act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle)
- 2
femininecorruption (unethical administrative or executive practices)
- 3
femininecorruption (destruction of data by manipulation of parts of it)
- 4
femininecorruption (nonstandard form of a word, expression, or text)
- 5
archaicfemininecorruption (act of corrupting or making putrid)
- 6
archaicfemininecorruption (putrid matter)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. suborno 2. ato ou efeito de corromper 3. podridão 4. decomposição
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 corrupção
- corrupções plural
- corrução alternative Brazil rare
- corrupçam alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce corrupção?
- Brazil /ko.ʁupˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ko.hupˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /ko.ʁu.piˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to corrupção
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is corrupção in Portuguese?
corrupção appears 44 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).