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incursão

Portuguese, noun/ĩ.kuʁˈsɐ̃w̃/

incursão is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “incursion, foray, raid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ataque em território inimigo”.

What does incursão mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineincursion, foray, raid

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ataque em território inimigo 2. passeio; viagem 3. pesquisa numa área de conhecimento diferente daquela em se trabalha

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 incursão

  • incursões plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce incursão?

  • Brazil /ĩ.kuʁˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • Brazil [ĩ.kuhˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • /ĩ.kuɾˈsɐ̃w̃/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to incursão

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is incursão in Portuguese?

incursão appears 2.8 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).