interrupção
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.te.ʁupˈsɐ̃w̃/
interrupção is spelled I-N-T-E-R-R-U-P-Ç-Ã-O (11 letters) and appears 8.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,307th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Interrupção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “interruption, suspension” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de interromper”.
What does interrupção mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinterruption, suspension
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de interromper 2. sinal de um dispositivo que tipicamente resulta em uma troca de contexto, isto é, o processador central para de fazer o que está fazendo para atender ao dispositivo que pediu a interrupção
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 interrupção
- interrupções plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce interrupção?
- Brazil /ĩ.te.ʁupˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ĩ.te.hupˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /ĩ.te.ʁu.piˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to interrupção
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is interrupção in Portuguese?
interrupção appears 8.5 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).