ironia
Portuguese, noun/i.ɾoˈni.ɐ/
ironia is spelled I-R-O-N-I-A (6 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,928th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ironia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “irony” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “uso de palavras para transmitir um sentido oposto ao sentido literal”.
What does ironia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineirony
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. uso de palavras para transmitir um sentido oposto ao sentido literal 2. resultado de eventos que é contrário ao que seria esperado 3. estilo sarcástico de escrita ou fala
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 ironia
- ironias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ironia?
- Brazil /i.ɾoˈni.ɐ/
- Portugal /i.ɾuˈni.ɐ/
- Portugal /i.ɾu.ˈni.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ironia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ironia in Portuguese?
ironia appears 13 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).