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estranheza

Portuguese, noun/is.tɾɐ̃ˈɲe.zɐ/

estranheza is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “strangeness, weirdness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pasmo”.

What does estranheza mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininestrangeness, weirdness

  2. 2

    femininestrangeness (quantum number of strange quarks)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. pasmo 2. espanto 3. admiração 4. surpresa

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 estranheza

  • estranhezas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce estranheza?

  • Brazil /is.tɾɐ̃ˈɲe.zɐ/
  • Brazil [is.tɾɐ̃ˈj̃e.zɐ]
  • Brazil /es.tɾɐ̃ˈɲe.zɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is estranheza in Portuguese?

estranheza appears 1.7 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).