diligência
Portuguese, noun
diligência is spelled D-I-L-I-G-Ê-N-C-I-A (10 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,354th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diligência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “diligence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, diligencia is a different word: “third-person singular present indicative”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “zelo, dedicação, esforço, cuidado”.
What does diligência mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediligence
- 2
femininezeal, dedication
- 3
feminineinvestigation
- 4
feminineenforcement
- 5
femininestage-coach, diligence
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. zelo, dedicação, esforço, cuidado 2. busca minuciosa; investigação 3. execução judicial 4. carruagem puxada por cavalos ou burros que servia para o transporte coletivo de passageiros e de malas do correio, entre localidades distantes
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 diligência
- diligências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to diligência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diligência in Portuguese?
diligência appears 2.5 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).