retrospecção
Portuguese, noun/ʁe.tɾos.pekˈsɐ̃w̃/
retrospecção is spelled R-E-T-R-O-S-P-E-C-Ç-Ã-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written Portuguese, the 225,105th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retrospecção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of retrospeção” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “observação de tempos ou coisas passadas”.
What does retrospecção mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineBrazilian Portuguese standard spelling of retrospeção
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. observação de tempos ou coisas passadas
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 retrospecção
- retrospecções plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retrospecção?
- Brazil /ʁe.tɾos.pekˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [he.tɾos.pekˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to retrospecção
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is retrospecção in Portuguese?
retrospecção appears about once in every 66 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).