intervenção
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.teʁ.vẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
intervenção is spelled I-N-T-E-R-V-E-N-Ç-Ã-O (11 letters) and appears 37 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,474th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intervenção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “intervention” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o ato ou fato de intervir”.
What does intervenção mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineintervention
- 2
femininespeech, statement
O diretor fez uma intervenção antes da reunião.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o ato ou fato de intervir 2. interferência de um Estado nos negócios de outro 3. cirurgia
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 intervenção
- intervenções plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intervenção?
- Brazil /ĩ.teʁ.vẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ĩ.teɦ.vẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /ĩ.teɾ.vẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to intervenção
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is intervenção in Portuguese?
intervenção appears 37 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).