genuflexão
Portuguese, noun/ʒe.nu.flekˈsɐ̃w̃/
genuflexão is spelled G-E-N-U-F-L-E-X-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written Portuguese, the 181,777th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Genuflexão is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “genuflection (the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de flexionar os joelhos”.
What does genuflexão mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegenuflection (the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de flexionar os joelhos 2. ação de ajoelhar
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 genuflexão
- genuflexões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce genuflexão?
- Brazil /ʒe.nu.flekˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ʒe.nu.flekˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ʒɨ.nu.flɛkˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to genuflexão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is genuflexão in Portuguese?
genuflexão appears about once in every 41 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).