expressão
Portuguese, noun/is.pɾeˈsɐ̃w̃/
expressão is spelled E-X-P-R-E-S-S-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears 60 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,607th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Expressão is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “expression” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “frase com que se exprime uma ideia”.
What does expressão mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexpression
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. frase com que se exprime uma ideia 2. ação de exprimir 3. manifestação do pensamento, ou do sentimento, pela palavra, fisionomia ou gesto 4. ação de espremer ou de comprimir frutos ou sementes para a extração do sumo
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 expressão
- expressões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce expressão?
- Brazil /is.pɾeˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [is.pɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /es.pɾeˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to expressão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is expressão in Portuguese?
expressão appears 60 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).