deferência
Portuguese, noun/de.feˈɾẽ.sjɐ/
deferência is spelled D-E-F-E-R-Ê-N-C-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 59,634th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Deferência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “deference (great respect)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “consideração, atenção, cortesia”.
What does deferência mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedeference (great respect)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. consideração, atenção, cortesia: 2. respeito, aceitação ou acatamento efetivos ou condescendentes:
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 deferência
- deferências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce deferência?
- Brazil /de.feˈɾẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal /dɨ.fɨˈɾẽ.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 deferência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is deferência in Portuguese?
deferência appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).