exigência
Portuguese, noun/e.ziˈʒẽ.sjɐ/
exigência is spelled E-X-I-G-Ê-N-C-I-A (9 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,159th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Exigência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “requirement, demand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação ou resultado de exigir”.
What does exigência mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerequirement, demand
- 2
feminineexigency
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ação ou resultado de exigir 2. pretensão caprichosa e desmedida 3. o que é reivindicado como forma de pagamento
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 exigência
- exigências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce exigência?
- Brazil /e.ziˈʒẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal /i.ziˈʒẽ.sjɐ/
- Brazil /ˌeziʒˈe͡ɪŋsjæ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to exigência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is exigência in Portuguese?
exigência appears 8.7 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).