escravidão
Portuguese, noun/is.kɾa.viˈdɐ̃w̃/
escravidão is spelled E-S-C-R-A-V-I-D-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,928th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escravidão is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “slavery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “a condição do escravo”.
What does escravidão mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineslavery
- 2
feminineservitude, subjection
- 3
femininecaptivity
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. a condição do escravo 2. a manutenção de escravos como prática ou instituição 3. estado de sujeição tal como a de um escravo
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 escravidão
- escravidões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escravidão?
- Brazil /is.kɾa.viˈdɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [is.kɾa.viˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /es.kɾa.viˈdɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escravidão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escravidão in Portuguese?
escravidão appears 13 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).