difamação
Portuguese, noun/d͡ʒi.fa.maˈsɐ̃w̃/
difamação is spelled D-I-F-A-M-A-Ç-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,529th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Difamação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “defamation (act of injuring another’s reputation by any slanderous communication)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de atribuir a alguém (o difamado), na presença de terceiros, fato ofensivo à sua reputação - não…”.
What does difamação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedefamation (act of injuring another’s reputation by any slanderous communication)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de atribuir a alguém (o difamado), na presença de terceiros, fato ofensivo à sua reputação - não necessariamente falso, via de regra -, para desacreditar o ofendido perante a opinião pública
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 difamação
- difamações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce difamação?
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.fa.maˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [d͡ʒi.fa.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /di.fɐ.mɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to difamação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is difamação in Portuguese?
difamação appears 2.3 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).