passabilidade
Portuguese, noun/pa.sa.bi.liˈda.d͡ʒi/
passabilidade is spelled P-A-S-S-A-B-I-L-I-D-A-D-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written Portuguese, the 195,116th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Passabilidade is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “passing (the ability of a person to be regarded as a member of an identity group or category different from their own)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “habilidade de uma pessoa de ser considerada parte de um grupo identitário diferente do seu. Geralmente…”.
What does passabilidade mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepassing (the ability of a person to be regarded as a member of an identity group or category different from their own)
Aquela mulher trans não tem passabilidade.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. habilidade de uma pessoa de ser considerada parte de um grupo identitário diferente do seu. Geralmente utilizado para se referir a raça, sexualidade ou gênero
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 passabilidade
- passabilidades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce passabilidade?
- Brazil /pa.sa.bi.liˈda.d͡ʒi/
- Portugal /pɐ.sɐ.bi.liˈda.dɨ/
- Portugal [pɐ.sɐ.βi.liˈða.ðɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is passabilidade in Portuguese?
passabilidade appears about once in every 48 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).