indulgência
Portuguese, noun
indulgência is spelled I-N-D-U-L-G-Ê-N-C-I-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 39,050th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Indulgência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “indulgence (the act of yielding to temptation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, indulgencia is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tolerância”.
What does indulgência mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineindulgence (the act of yielding to temptation)
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of indulgência
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tolerância 2. condescendência 3. clemência 4. perdão
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 indulgência
- indulgencias plural
- indulgências plural
- indulgencia alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to indulgência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is indulgência in Portuguese?
indulgência appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).