polêmica
Portuguese, noun
polêmica is spelled P-O-L-Ê-M-I-C-A (8 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,381st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polêmica is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of polémica” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of polêmico. With an accent, polémica is a different word: “polemic”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vide polémica”.
What does polêmica mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineBrazilian Portuguese standard spelling of polémica
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of polêmico
noun
- 1
femininepolemic
- 2
femininecontroversy
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of polémico
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. discussão nos meios de comunicação 2. controvérsia 3. disputa amigável, mas acalorada 4. confusão
noun: 1. vide polémica
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 polêmica
- polémicas plural
- polêmica alternative Brazil
- polêmicas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to polêmica
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is polêmica in Portuguese?
polêmica appears 19 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).