indigência
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.d͡ʒiˈʒẽ.sjɐ/
indigência is spelled I-N-D-I-G-Ê-N-C-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 44,272nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Indigência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “indigence (extreme poverty)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “falta do que é indispensável à vida”.
What does indigência mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineindigence (extreme poverty)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. falta do que é indispensável à vida 2. pobreza extrema 3. miséria 4. privação
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 indigência
- indigências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce indigência?
- Brazil /ĩ.d͡ʒiˈʒẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal /ĩ.diˈʒẽ.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 indigência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is indigência in Portuguese?
indigência 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).