democracia
Portuguese, noun/de.mo.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/
democracia is spelled D-E-M-O-C-R-A-C-I-A (10 letters) and appears 43 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,182nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Democracia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “democracy (rule by the people)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “regime de governo em que o poder de tomar importantes decisões políticas está com os cidadãos (direta ou…”.
What does democracia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedemocracy (rule by the people)
- 2
femininedemocracy (government under the rule of its people)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. regime de governo em que o poder de tomar importantes decisões políticas está com os cidadãos (direta ou indiretamente)
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 democracia
- democracias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce democracia?
- Brazil /de.mo.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/
- Portugal /dɨ.mu.kɾɐˈsi.ɐ/
- Portugal /dɨ.mu.kɾɐ.ˈsi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to democracia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is democracia in Portuguese?
democracia appears 43 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).