obsolescência
Portuguese, noun/ob.so.leˈsẽ.sjɐ/
obsolescência is spelled O-B-S-O-L-E-S-C-Ê-N-C-I-A (13 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 45,243rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obsolescência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “obsolescence (the state of being obsolete)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does obsolescência mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineobsolescence (the state of being obsolete)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o estado, processo ou condição de estar ou tornar-se obsoleto
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 obsolescência
- obsolescências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obsolescência?
- Brazil /ob.so.leˈsẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal /ɔb.su.lɨʃˈsẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal [ɔβ.su.lɨʃˈsẽ.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 obsolescência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is obsolescência in Portuguese?
obsolescência 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).