imprecação
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.pɾe.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
imprecação is spelled I-M-P-R-E-C-A-Ç-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese, the 171,147th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Imprecação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “imprecation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de imprecar, de lhe pedir à divindade que amaldiçoe ou bendiga a alguém; súplica intensa”.
What does imprecação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineimprecation
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de imprecar, de lhe pedir à divindade que amaldiçoe ou bendiga a alguém; súplica intensa 2. maldição, blasfêmia, praga
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 imprecação
- imprecações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce imprecação?
- Brazil /ĩ.pɾe.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ĩ.pɾe.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ĩ.pɾɨ.kɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is imprecação in Portuguese?
imprecação appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).