negligência
Portuguese, noun
negligência is spelled N-E-G-L-I-G-Ê-N-C-I-A (11 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,620th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Negligência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “negligence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, negligencia is a different word: “third-person singular present indicative”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “falta de diligência”.
What does negligência mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenegligence
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. falta de diligência 2. preguiça 3. incúria 4. desmazelo
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 negligência
- negligências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to negligência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is negligência in Portuguese?
negligência appears 4.8 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).