religião
Portuguese, noun/ʁe.li.ʒiˈɐ̃w̃/
religião is spelled R-E-L-I-G-I-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears 56 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,705th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Religião is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “religion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “culto prestado à divindade”.
What does religião mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininereligion
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. culto prestado à divindade 2. fé 3. reverência às coisas sagradas 4. doutrina
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 religião
- religiões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce religião?
- Brazil /ʁe.li.ʒiˈɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [he.li.ʒiˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /ʁe.liˈʒjɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to religião
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is religião in Portuguese?
religião appears 56 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).