influência
Portuguese, noun
influência is spelled I-N-F-L-U-Ê-N-C-I-A (10 letters) and appears 58 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,676th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Influência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “influence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, influencia is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “preponderância”.
What does influência mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinfluence
- 2
feminineleverage, power
- 3
femininepreponderance
- 4
feminineprestige
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of influência
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. preponderância 2. poder de agir provocando modificação em alguém ou algo; influxo 3. prestígio; valimento
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 influência
- influencias plural
- influências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to influência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is influência in Portuguese?
influência appears 58 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).