latência
Portuguese, noun/laˈtẽ.sjɐ/
latência is spelled L-A-T-Ê-N-C-I-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 42,362nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Latência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “latency (delay due to the transmission and processing of signals)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “característica do que é latente”.
What does latência mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelatency (delay due to the transmission and processing of signals)
- 2
femininelatency (delay between a stimulus and the response in an organism)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. característica do que é latente 2. período de desenvolvimento de algo 3. característica do que está imperceptível até que surjam as condições de sua manifestação 4. tempo de reação
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 latência
- latências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce latência?
- Brazil /laˈtẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal /lɐˈtẽ.sjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to latência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is latência in Portuguese?
latência appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).