repulsão
Portuguese, noun/ʁe.puwˈsɐ̃w̃/
repulsão is spelled R-E-P-U-L-S-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 62,709th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Repulsão is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “repulsion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação e efeito de repelir”.
What does repulsão mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerepulsion
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ação e efeito de repelir 2. repulsa
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 repulsão
- repulsões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce repulsão?
- Brazil /ʁe.puwˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [he.puʊ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /ʁe.puwˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to repulsão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is repulsão in Portuguese?
repulsão appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).