pestilência
Portuguese, noun/pes.t͡ʃiˈlẽ.sjɐ/
pestilência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pestilence, plague, contagion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peste”.
What does pestilência mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepestilence, plague, contagion
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peste 2. contágio
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 pestilência
- pestilências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pestilência?
- Brazil /pes.t͡ʃiˈlẽ.sjɐ/
- /peʃ.t͡ʃiˈlẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal /pɨʃ.tiˈlẽ.sjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pestilência in Portuguese?
pestilência appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).