extorsão
Portuguese, noun/is.toʁˈsɐ̃w̃/
extorsão is spelled E-X-T-O-R-S-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,247th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Extorsão is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “extortion (the practice of extorting money or other property)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de extorquir; depenação”.
What does extorsão mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineextortion (the practice of extorting money or other property)
- 2
feminineexcessive or unfair tax
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de extorquir; depenação
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 extorsão
- extorsões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce extorsão?
- Brazil /is.toʁˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [is.tohˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /es.toʁˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to extorsão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is extorsão in Portuguese?
extorsão appears 2.0 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).