delusão
Portuguese, noun/de.luˈzɐ̃w̃/
delusão is spelled D-E-L-U-S-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written Portuguese, the 176,436th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Delusão is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “delusion (state of being deluded or misled)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “engano, burla”.
What does delusão mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedelusion (state of being deluded or misled)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. engano, burla
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 delusão
- delusões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce delusão?
- Brazil /de.luˈzɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [de.luˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /dɨ.luˈzɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to delusão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is delusão in Portuguese?
delusão appears about once in every 38 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).