insubordinação
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.su.boʁ.d͡ʒi.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
insubordinação is spelled I-N-S-U-B-O-R-D-I-N-A-Ç-Ã-O (14 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 36,796th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Insubordinação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “insubordination, disobedience, rebellion; including in military, legal and labor contexts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “rebelião; não cumprimento das ordens de uma autoridade”.
What does insubordinação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinsubordination, disobedience, rebellion; including in military, legal and labor contexts
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. rebelião; não cumprimento das ordens de uma autoridade 2. qualidade da pessoa que não obedece; desobediência 3. violação das normas estabelecidas pelo empregador, podendo o funcionário ser demitido por justa causa 4. crime militar que se fundamenta na desobediência das ordens de um superior hierárquico
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 insubordinação
- insubordinações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce insubordinação?
- Brazil /ĩ.su.boʁ.d͡ʒi.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ĩ.su.boɦ.d͡ʒi.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /ĩ.su.boɾ.d͡ʒi.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to insubordinação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is insubordinação in Portuguese?
insubordinação appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).