discrição
Portuguese, noun/d͡ʒis.kɾiˈsɐ̃w̃/
discrição is spelled D-I-S-C-R-I-Ç-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,080th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Discrição is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “discretion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade de ser discreto”.
What does discrição mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediscretion
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualidade de ser discreto
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 discrição
- discrições plural
- discreção alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce discrição?
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.kɾiˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [d͡ʒis.kɾiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /d͡ʒiʃ.kɾiˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to discrição
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is discrição in Portuguese?
discrição appears 2.6 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).