ilusão
Portuguese, noun/i.luˈzɐ̃w̃/
ilusão is spelled I-L-U-S-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,830th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ilusão is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “illusion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualquer coisa que pareça ser algo que não é”.
What does ilusão mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineillusion
- 2
femininedelusion
- 3
femininefantasy
- 4
femininechimera
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualquer coisa que pareça ser algo que não é 2. uma crença em algo que de fato não é verdade; equívoco 3. truque de mágica 4. estado de ser enganado ou levado ao engano
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 ilusão
- ilusões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ilusão?
- Brazil /i.luˈzɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [i.luˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /i.luˈzɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ilusão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ilusão in Portuguese?
ilusão appears 13 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).