desobediência
Portuguese, noun/de.zo.be.d͡ʒiˈẽ.sjɐ/
desobediência is spelled D-E-S-O-B-E-D-I-Ê-N-C-I-A (13 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,458th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desobediência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “disobedience” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “falta de obediência”.
What does desobediência mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedisobedience
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. falta de obediência
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 desobediência
- desobediências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desobediência?
- Brazil /de.zo.be.d͡ʒiˈẽ.sjɐ/
- Brazil /de.zo.beˈd͡ʒjẽ.sjɐ/
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.zo.be.d͡ʒiˈẽ.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 desobediência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desobediência in Portuguese?
desobediência appears 3.0 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).