devassa
Portuguese, noun/deˈva.sɐ/
devassa is spelled D-E-V-A-S-S-A (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 31,281st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Devassa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “feminine of devasso” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação ou resultado de devassar”.
What does devassa mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicfeminineample investigation
- 2
femininefeminine of devasso
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of devasso
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ação ou resultado de devassar 2. averiguação, inquérito
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 devassa
- devassas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce devassa?
- Brazil /deˈva.sɐ/
- Portugal /dɨˈva.sɐ/
- Portugal /dɨˈba.sɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is devassa in Portuguese?
devassa appears 1.1 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).