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decadência

Portuguese, noun/de.kaˈdẽ.sjɐ/

decadência is spelled D-E-C-A-D-Ê-N-C-I-A (10 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,234th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Decadência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “decline, decay (deterioration of condition)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o ato ou efeito de cair num estado ou condição inferior ou pior; deterioração”.

What does decadência mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininedecline, decay (deterioration of condition)

  2. 2

    femininedecadence (state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. o ato ou efeito de cair num estado ou condição inferior ou pior; deterioração 2. degeneração moral 3. perda de um direito potestativo pelo seu não exercício, durante o prazo fixado em lei ou eleito e fixado pelas partes

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 decadência

  • decadências plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce decadência?

  • Brazil /de.kaˈdẽ.sjɐ/
  • Portugal /dɨ.kɐˈdẽ.sjɐ/
  • Portugal [dɨ.kɐˈðẽ.sjɐ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to decadência

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is decadência in Portuguese?

decadência appears 4.5 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).

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