repressão
Portuguese, noun/ʁe.pɾeˈsɐ̃w̃/
repressão is spelled R-E-P-R-E-S-S-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,851st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Repressão is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “repression” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de reprimir; coibição”.
What does repressão mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerepression
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de reprimir; coibição 2. processo pelo qual lembranças e motivos são impedidos de atingir a consciência, continuando, no entanto, a operar subconscientemente 3. interrupção com utilização de violência 4. inibição da transcrição
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 repressão
- repressões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce repressão?
- Brazil /ʁe.pɾeˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [he.pɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /ʁe.pɾeˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to repressão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is repressão in Portuguese?
repressão appears 11 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).