expressão verbal

//is.pɾeˈsɐ̃w̃ veʁˈbaw// phrase

The verdict

“expressão verbal” is outside the top-ranked Portuguese vocabulary, used as a phrase — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
16
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: tipo de sintagma que tem o verbo por determinante, seguido ou precedido por um complemento não-verbal, formando assim uma expressão própria onde os termos que a compõem têm individualmente um senti...

Key facts for expressão verbal
PropertyValue
Headwordexpressão verbal
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPhrase
IPA/is.pɾeˈsɐ̃w̃ veʁˈbaw/
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “expressão verbal” sits in Portuguese frequency

expressão verbal falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for expressão verbal is 16 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /is.pɾeˈsɐ̃w̃ veʁˈbaw/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for expressão verbal in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is expressão verbal, spelled E-X-P-R-E-S-S-Ã-O- -V-E-R-B-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    tipo de sintagma que tem o verbo por determinante, seguido ou precedido por um complemento não-verbal, formando assim uma expressão própria onde os termos que a compõem têm individualmente um sentido diverso daquele do seu conjunto
  2. 2
    o mesmo que expressão idiomática
  3. 3
    o mesmo que expressão oral

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "expressão verbal"?
"expressão verbal" is spelled E-X-P-R-E-S-S-Ã-O- -V-E-R-B-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is /is.pɾeˈsɐ̃w̃ veʁˈbaw/.
What does "expressão verbal" mean?
As a phrase, "expressão verbal" means: tipo de sintagma que tem o verbo por determinante, seguido ou precedido por um complemento não-verbal, formando assim uma expressão própria onde os termos que a compõem têm individualmente um senti...
How do you pronounce "expressão verbal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "expressão verbal" is /is.pɾeˈsɐ̃w̃ veʁˈbaw/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "expressão verbal" come from?
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Using “expressão verbal”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-X-P-R-E-S-S-Ã-O- -V-E-R-B-A-L — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /is.pɾeˈsɐ̃w̃ veʁˈbaw/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.