excrescência
Portuguese, noun/is.kɾeˈsẽ.sjɐ/
excrescência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “excrescence (greater or lesser protrusion above a surface)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “saliência”.
What does excrescência mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexcrescence (greater or lesser protrusion above a surface)
- 2
feminineexcrescence (any tumor protruding from the skin or mucous membrane)
- 3
femininesuperfluity (useless thing)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. saliência 2. espécie de tumor que se forma na parte exterior do corpo do homem ou de um animal 3. excesso
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 excrescência
- excrescências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce excrescência?
- Brazil /is.kɾeˈsẽ.sjɐ/
- Brazil /es.kɾeˈsẽ.sjɐ/
- /iʃ.kɾeˈsẽ.sjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to excrescência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is excrescência in Portuguese?
excrescência appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).