inquisição
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.ki.ziˈsɐ̃w̃/
inquisição is spelled I-N-Q-U-I-S-I-Ç-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,722nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inquisição is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “inquiry; inquisition; interrogation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de inquirir, investigação rigorosa e detalhada”.
What does inquisição mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinquiry; inquisition; interrogation
- 2
masculineInquisition
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, investigação rigorosa e detalhada 2. antigo tribunal eclesiástico criado pela Igreja Católica no século XIII, também conhecido como Santo Ofício, onde se julgavam os crimes contra a fé católica
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 inquisição
- inquisições plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inquisição?
- Brazil /ĩ.ki.ziˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ĩ.ki.ziˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ĩ.ki.ziˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is inquisição in Portuguese?
inquisição appears 2.9 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).