interpelação
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.teʁ.pe.laˈsɐ̃w̃/
interpelação is spelled I-N-T-E-R-P-E-L-A-Ç-Ã-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 112,486th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Interpelação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “interpellation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato judicial ou extrajudicial que notifica um devedor da exigência impostergável de uma obrigação civil”.
What does interpelação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinterpellation
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato judicial ou extrajudicial que notifica um devedor da exigência impostergável de uma obrigação civil
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 interpelação
- interpelações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce interpelação?
- Brazil /ĩ.teʁ.pe.laˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ĩ.teh.pe.laˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is interpelação in Portuguese?
interpelação appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).