ocorrência
Portuguese, noun/o.koˈʁẽ.sjɐ/
ocorrência is spelled O-C-O-R-R-Ê-N-C-I-A (10 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ocorrência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “occurrence (actual instance where a situation arises)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “a ação de ocorrer”.
What does ocorrência mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineoccurrence (actual instance where a situation arises)
- 2
femininethe intensity or quantity of something which occurs in a specific location or point in time; incidence
Este local tem uma alta ocorrência de malária.
- 3
femininereferral (school write-up)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. a ação de ocorrer 2. acontecimento 3. exposição de rocha ou mineral sem valor econômico 4. um e cada item listado no resultado retornado de uma requisição por procura feito em um buscador internético usando uma palavra-chave ou termo
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 ocorrência
- ocorrências plural
- occorrência alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ocorrência?
- Brazil /o.koˈʁẽ.sjɐ/
- Brazil [o.koˈhẽ.sjɐ]
- /o.koˈʁẽ.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 ocorrência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ocorrência in Portuguese?
ocorrência appears 15 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).