introspecção
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.tɾos.pe.kiˈsɐ̃w̃/
introspecção is spelled I-N-T-R-O-S-P-E-C-Ç-Ã-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,491st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Introspecção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of introspeção” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “auto-exame dos pensamentos, impressões, sentimentos próprios, e consciência”.
What does introspecção mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineBrazilian Portuguese standard spelling of introspeção
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. auto-exame dos pensamentos, impressões, sentimentos próprios, e consciência 2. observação e análise dos processos da própria mente
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 introspecção
- introspecções plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce introspecção?
- Brazil /ĩ.tɾos.pe.kiˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ĩ.tɾos.pe.kiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /ĩ.tɾos.pekˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to introspecção
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is introspecção in Portuguese?
introspecção 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).