observância
Portuguese, noun/o.bi.seʁˈvɐ̃.sjɐ/
observância is spelled O-B-S-E-R-V-Â-N-C-I-A (11 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 26,311th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Observância is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “observance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de observar, de respeitar uma regra ou lei”.
What does observância mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineobservance
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de observar, de respeitar uma regra ou lei
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 observância
- observâncias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce observância?
- Brazil /o.bi.seʁˈvɐ̃.sjɐ/
- Brazil [o.bi.seɦˈvɐ̃.sjɐ]
- Brazil /ob.seʁˈvɐ̃.sjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is observância in Portuguese?
observância 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).