significância
Portuguese, noun/siɡ.ni.fiˈkɐ̃.sjɐ/
significância is spelled S-I-G-N-I-F-I-C-Â-N-C-I-A (13 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 34,194th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Significância is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “significance (the extent to which something matters)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que significação”.
What does significância mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesignificance (the extent to which something matters)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que significação
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 significância
- significâncias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce significância?
- Brazil /siɡ.ni.fiˈkɐ̃.sjɐ/
- Portugal /siɡ.ni.fiˈkɐ̃.sjɐ/
- Portugal [siɣ.ni.fiˈkɐ̃.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 significância
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is significância in Portuguese?
significância 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).