delinquência
Portuguese, noun/de.lĩˈkwẽ.sjɐ/
delinquência is spelled D-E-L-I-N-Q-U-Ê-N-C-I-A (12 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,491st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Delinquência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “delinquency (misconduct)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estado ou qualidade de delinquente”.
What does delinquência mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedelinquency (misconduct)
- 2
femininedelinquency (a criminal offense)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estado ou qualidade de delinquente
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 delinquência
- delinquências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce delinquência?
- Brazil /de.lĩˈkwẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal /dɨ.lĩˈkwẽ.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 delinquência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is delinquência in Portuguese?
delinquência appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).