residência
Portuguese, noun/ʁe.ziˈdẽ.sjɐ/
residência is spelled R-E-S-I-D-Ê-N-C-I-A (10 letters) and appears 36 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,518th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Residência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “residence (the place where one lives)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “moradia”.
What does residência mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineresidence (the place where one lives)
- 2
Brazilfeminineresidency (position or term of a medical resident)
- 3
femininedomicile
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. moradia 2. domicílio 3. casa 4. local de repouso (nem sempre coincide com o domicílio)
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 residência
- residências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce residência?
- Brazil /ʁe.ziˈdẽ.sjɐ/
- Brazil [he.ziˈdẽ.sjɐ]
- /ʁe.ziˈdẽ.sjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to residência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is residência in Portuguese?
residência appears 36 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).