indecência
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.deˈsẽ.sjɐ/
indecência is spelled I-N-D-E-C-Ê-N-C-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 48,837th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Indecência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “indecency (lack of decency)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “falta de decência”.
What does indecência mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineindecency (lack of decency)
- 2
feminineinconvenience (quality of what is incorrect or inappropriate)
- 3
feminineobscenity (indecent action)
- 4
femininedishonesty
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. falta de decência
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 indecência
- indecências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce indecência?
- Brazil /ĩ.deˈsẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal /ĩ.dɨˈsẽ.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 indecência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is indecência in Portuguese?
indecência appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).