revelia
Portuguese, noun/ʁe.veˈli.ɐ/
revelia is spelled R-E-V-E-L-I-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 36,381st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Revelia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “rebelliousness, disobedience” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “rebeldia”.
What does revelia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerebelliousness, disobedience
- 2
femininecontumacy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. rebeldia 2. diz-se do réu que não comparece a seu julgamento
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 revelia
- revelias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce revelia?
- Brazil /ʁe.veˈli.ɐ/
- Brazil [he.veˈli.ɐ]
- Portugal /Rɨ.vɨ.ˈli.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to revelia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is revelia in Portuguese?
revelia appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).