crueldade
Portuguese, noun/kɾu.ewˈda.d͡ʒi/
crueldade is spelled C-R-U-E-L-D-A-D-E (9 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,013th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crueldade is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cruelty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prazer que se sente em fazer sofrer ou em ver sofrer”.
What does crueldade mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecruelty
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prazer que se sente em fazer sofrer ou em ver sofrer 2. ação cruel 3. barbaridade 4. hostilidade
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 crueldade
- crueldades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce crueldade?
- Brazil /kɾu.ewˈda.d͡ʒi/
- Brazil [kɾu.eʊ̯ˈda.d͡ʒi]
- Brazil /kɾwewˈda.d͡ʒi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to crueldade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is crueldade in Portuguese?
crueldade appears 5.1 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).