insegurança
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.se.ɡuˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/
insegurança is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “insecurity (lack of security)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “# condição ou estado de estar inseguro ou desprotegido; desproteção”.
What does insegurança mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinsecurity (lack of security)
- 2
femininesomething one is not self-confident about
- 3
femininevulnerability
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. # condição ou estado de estar inseguro ou desprotegido; desproteção
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 insegurança
- inseguranças plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce insegurança?
- Brazil /ĩ.se.ɡuˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/
- Portugal /ĩ.sɨ.ɡuˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/
- Portugal [ĩ.sɨ.ɣuˈɾɐ̃.sɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to insegurança
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is insegurança in Portuguese?
insegurança appears 10 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).