prescrição
Portuguese, noun/pɾes.kɾiˈsɐ̃w̃/
prescrição is spelled P-R-E-S-C-R-I-Ç-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,895th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prescrição is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “prescription” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o ato ou efeito de prescrever”.
What does prescrição mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprescription
- 2
femininelimitation
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o ato ou efeito de prescrever 2. perda do valor de uma decisão legal por caducamento 3. receita médica
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 prescrição
- prescrições plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prescrição?
- Brazil /pɾes.kɾiˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [pɾes.kɾiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /pɾeʃ.kɾiˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prescrição
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prescrição in Portuguese?
prescrição appears 1.9 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).