lapso
Portuguese, noun/ˈla.pi.su/
lapso is spelled L-A-P-S-O (5 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 25,925th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lapso is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “lapse (a temporary failure; a slip)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “decurso, ato de decorrer o tempo”.
What does lapso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelapse (a temporary failure; a slip)
Lapso de memória
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. caído, pendente, decaído 2. que incorreu em erro ou em culpa
noun: 1. decurso, ato de decorrer o tempo 2. espaço de tempo decorrido 3. culpa 4. erro, falha, falta, descuido, engano involuntário
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 lapso
- lapsos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lapso?
- Brazil /ˈla.pi.su/
- Brazil /ˈlap.su/
- Portugal /ˈlap.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lapso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lapso in Portuguese?
lapso appears 1.5 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).