governança
Portuguese, noun/ɡo.veʁˈnɐ̃.sɐ/
governança is spelled G-O-V-E-R-N-A-N-Ç-A (10 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,310th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Governança is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “governance (the process or power of governing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de governar”.
What does governança mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegovernance (the process or power of governing)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de governar 2. governo
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 governança
- governanças plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce governança?
- Brazil /ɡo.veʁˈnɐ̃.sɐ/
- Brazil [ɡo.veɦˈnɐ̃.sɐ]
- /ɡo.veɾˈnɐ̃.sɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to governança
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is governança in Portuguese?
governança appears 7.2 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).