incompetência
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.kõ.peˈtẽ.sjɐ/
incompetência is spelled I-N-C-O-M-P-E-T-Ê-N-C-I-A (13 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,093rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Incompetência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “incompetency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade de incompetente; falta de competência”.
What does incompetência mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineincompetency
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualidade de incompetente; falta de competência
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 incompetência
- incompetências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce incompetência?
- Brazil /ĩ.kõ.peˈtẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal /ĩ.kõ.pɨˈtẽ.sjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to incompetência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is incompetência in Portuguese?
incompetência appears 4.1 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).