deflexão
Portuguese, noun/de.flekˈsɐ̃w̃/
deflexão is spelled D-E-F-L-E-X-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 74,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Deflexão is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “deflection, glance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “deformação; alteração, afastamento ou desvio da posição natural para o lado”.
What does deflexão mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedeflection, glance
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. deformação; alteração, afastamento ou desvio da posição natural para o lado 2. desvio; ação de ir para um dos lados 3. alteração da direção, do caminho percorrido por um corpo, raio luminoso ou partícula 4. mudança da direção da curva de um eletrocardiograma
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 deflexão
- deflexões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce deflexão?
- Brazil /de.flekˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [de.flekˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /dɨ.flɛkˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to deflexão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is deflexão in Portuguese?
deflexão appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).