leviandade
Portuguese, noun/le.vi.ɐ̃ˈda.d͡ʒi/
leviandade is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “levity (lightness of manner or speech)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “característica ou propriedade do ser ou estar leviano”.
What does leviandade mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelevity (lightness of manner or speech)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. característica ou propriedade do ser ou estar leviano 2. comportamento ou qualquer outra expressão leviana
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 leviandade
- leviandades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce leviandade?
- Brazil /le.vi.ɐ̃ˈda.d͡ʒi/
- Brazil /le.vjɐ̃ˈda.d͡ʒi/
- Portugal /lɨ.vjɐ̃ˈda.dɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to leviandade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is leviandade in Portuguese?
leviandade appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).