inibição
Portuguese, noun/i.ni.biˈsɐ̃w̃/
inibição is spelled I-N-I-B-I-Ç-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 31,281st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inibição is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “inhibition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de inibir”.
What does inibição mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinhibition
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de inibir 2. diminuição da atividade de um neurônio, de uma fibra muscular ou de uma célula secretória, sob a ação de um influxo nervoso ou de um hormônio
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 inibição
- inibições plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inibição?
- Brazil /i.ni.biˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [i.ni.biˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /i.ni.biˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inibição
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inibição in Portuguese?
inibição appears 1.1 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).