preempção
Portuguese, noun
preempção is spelled P-R-E-E-M-P-Ç-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese, the 169,452nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Preempção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “preemption (the purchase of something before it is offered for sale)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prioridade na compra”.
What does preempção mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepreemption (the purchase of something before it is offered for sale)
- 2
femininepreemption (temporary interruption of a process)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prioridade na compra 2. compra antecipada 3. ação ou evento que resulta em alteração do processamento de uma aplicação para outra em um ambiente multitarefa 4. cláusula contratual pela qual o primitivo vendedor tem preferência para readquirir o objeto vendido, caso este seja posto à venda; preferência na compra
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 preempção
- preempções plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to preempção
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is preempção in Portuguese?
preempção appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).