mudez
Portuguese, noun/muˈde(j)s/
mudez is spelled M-U-D-E-Z (5 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 100,600th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mudez is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “muteness (the condition of being mute)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sem capacidade da fala”.
What does mudez mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemuteness (the condition of being mute)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sem capacidade da fala 2. qualidade daquele que é mudo
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 mudez
- mudezes plural
- mudeza alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mudez?
- Brazil /muˈde(j)s/
- Brazil [muˈde(ɪ̯)s]
- /muˈde(j)ʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mudez
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mudez in Portuguese?
mudez appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).