insolvência
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.sowˈvẽ.sjɐ/
insolvência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “insolvency, bankruptcy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “impossibilidade de se pagar uma dívida por não possuir potencial financeiro”.
What does insolvência mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinsolvency, bankruptcy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. impossibilidade de se pagar uma dívida por não possuir potencial financeiro 2. estado daquele que está insolvente
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 insolvência
- insolvências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce insolvência?
- Brazil /ĩ.sowˈvẽ.sjɐ/
- Brazil [ĩ.soʊ̯ˈvẽ.sjɐ]
- Portugal /ĩ.solˈvẽ.sjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to insolvência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is insolvência in Portuguese?
insolvência appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).