dilúvio
Portuguese, noun/d͡ʒiˈlu.vju/
dilúvio is spelled D-I-L-Ú-V-I-O (7 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,965th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dilúvio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “deluge (great flood)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “episódio bíblico em que uma chuva torrencial, que durou 40 dias e noites, inundou a Terra e quase exterminou…”.
What does dilúvio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedeluge (great flood)
- 2
colloquialmasculinedownpour
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. episódio bíblico em que uma chuva torrencial, que durou 40 dias e noites, inundou a Terra e quase exterminou os seres vivos 2. grande inundação 3. chuva torrencial 4. vasta quantidade (de algo)
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 dilúvio
- dilúvios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dilúvio?
- Brazil /d͡ʒiˈlu.vju/
- Portugal /diˈlu.vju/
- Portugal /diˈlu.bju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dilúvio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dilúvio in Portuguese?
dilúvio appears 2.0 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).