reverência
Portuguese, noun
reverência is spelled R-E-V-E-R-Ê-N-C-I-A (10 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 24,882nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reverência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “reverence (profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, reverencia is a different word: “third-person singular present indicative”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “respeito pelas coisas sagradas”.
What does reverência mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininereverence (profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context)
- 2
femininereverence (form of address for some members of the clergy)
- 3
femininebow, bowing (gesture made by bending forward at the waist)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. respeito pelas coisas sagradas 2. veneração 3. inclinação do corpo para saudar qualquer pessoa
verb: 1. terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo reverenciar 2. segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo do verbo reverenciar
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 reverência
- reverências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to reverência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is reverência in Portuguese?
reverência appears 1.7 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).