defensão
Portuguese, noun/de.fẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
defensão is spelled D-E-F-E-N-S-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written Portuguese, the 233,859th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Defensão is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “that which defends” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que defesa”.
What does defensão mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicfemininethat which defends
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que defesa 2. o mesmo que defensa
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 defensão
- defensões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce defensão?
- Brazil /de.fẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [de.fẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /dɨ.fẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is defensão in Portuguese?
defensão appears about once in every 72 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).