inquirição
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.ki.ɾiˈsɐ̃w̃/
inquirição is spelled I-N-Q-U-I-R-I-Ç-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 83,632nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inquirição is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “inquiry; interrogation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de inquirir”.
What does inquirição mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinquiry; interrogation
- 2
masculineexamination
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de inquirir 2. interrogatório judicial
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 inquirição
- inquirições plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inquirição?
- Brazil /ĩ.ki.ɾiˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ĩ.ki.ɾiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ĩ.ki.ɾiˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is inquirição in Portuguese?
inquirição appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).