retenção
Portuguese, noun/ʁe.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
retenção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “retention” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de reter, guardar em seu poder algo que é de outra pessoa”.
What does retenção mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineretention
- 2
femininedetention
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de reter, guardar em seu poder algo que é de outra pessoa 2. a não promoção para o grau escolar subsequente ao que se encontra atualmente
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 retenção
- retenções plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retenção?
- Brazil /ʁe.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [he.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /ʁe.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to retenção
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is retenção in Portuguese?
retenção appears 3.5 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).