percepção
Portuguese, noun/peʁ.sepˈsɐ̃w̃/
percepção is spelled P-E-R-C-E-P-Ç-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,546th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Percepção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “perception” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de perceber”.
What does percepção mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineperception
- 2
femininesensation
- 3
feminineintuition
- 4
feminineidea
- 5
feminineimage
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 perceber 2. combinação dos sentidos no reconhecimento de um objeto 3. recepção de um estímulo 4. faculdade de conhecer independentemente dos sentidos
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 percepção
- percepções plural
- perceção alternative Portugal
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce percepção?
- Brazil /peʁ.sepˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [peh.sepˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /peʁ.se.piˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to percepção
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is percepção in Portuguese?
percepção appears 18 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).