prepotência
Portuguese, noun/pɾe.poˈtẽ.sjɐ/
prepotência is spelled P-R-E-P-O-T-Ê-N-C-I-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,921st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prepotência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “tyranny” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “arrogância, atitude de superioridade”.
What does prepotência mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetyranny
- 2
femininearrogance
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. arrogância, atitude de superioridade 2. tirania, despotismo, abuso de poder, opressão 3. qualidade do prepotente 4. poder superior, força, onimpotência
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 prepotência
- prepotências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prepotência?
- Brazil /pɾe.poˈtẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal /pɾɨ.puˈtẽ.sjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is prepotência in Portuguese?
prepotência appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).