crendice
Portuguese, noun/kɾẽˈd͡ʒi.si/
crendice is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “popular belief, superstition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “crença de cunho supersticioso, sem base em religiões institucionalizadas e, por isso, sem a sua sanção”.
What does crendice mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepopular belief, superstition
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. crença de cunho supersticioso, sem base em religiões institucionalizadas e, por isso, sem a sua sanção 2. qualquer superstição, geralmente de origem popular; crendeirice
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 crendice
- crendices plural
- crendeirice alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce crendice?
- Brazil /kɾẽˈd͡ʒi.si/
- Portugal /kɾẽˈdi.sɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is crendice in Portuguese?
crendice appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).