disfunção
Portuguese, noun/d͡ʒis.fũˈsɐ̃w̃/
disfunção is spelled D-I-S-F-U-N-Ç-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,592nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Disfunção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “dysfunction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “algo que não funciona corretamente”.
What does disfunção mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedysfunction
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. algo que não funciona corretamente 2. algo cuja função se apresenta prejudicada 3. mau funcionamento das funções de um órgão
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 disfunção
- disfunções plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce disfunção?
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.fũˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [d͡ʒis.fũˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /d͡ʒiʃ.fũˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to disfunção
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is disfunção in Portuguese?
disfunção appears 1.8 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).