descrença
Portuguese, noun/desˈkɾẽ.sɐ/
descrença is spelled D-E-S-C-R-E-N-Ç-A (9 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,393rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descrença is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “disbelief (unwillingness or inability to believe in something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “recusa em acreditar ou aceitar algo como verdadeiro”.
What does descrença mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedisbelief (unwillingness or inability to believe in something)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. recusa em acreditar ou aceitar algo como verdadeiro
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 descrença
- descrenças plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce descrença?
- Brazil /desˈkɾẽ.sɐ/
- Brazil /d͡ʒisˈkɾẽ.sɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to descrença
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is descrença in Portuguese?
descrença appears 1.4 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).