sobrevivência
Portuguese, noun/so.bɾe.viˈvẽ.sjɐ/
sobrevivência is spelled S-O-B-R-E-V-I-V-Ê-N-C-I-A (13 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,049th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sobrevivência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “survival (quality or state of survivor)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “efeito de sobreviver, subsistência”.
What does sobrevivência mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesurvival (quality or state of survivor)
- 2
femininecontinuity (quality of what resists the passage of time)
- 3
femininesubsistence
- 4
feminineconservation of cellular life for some time after the death of the organism
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. efeito de sobreviver, subsistência 2. característica dos que conseguem viver apesar de condições desfavoráveis 3. continuidade de ideias, religiões ou políticas
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 sobrevivência
- sobrevivências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sobrevivência?
- Brazil /so.bɾe.viˈvẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal /su.bɾɨ.viˈvẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal [su.βɾɨ.viˈvẽ.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 sobrevivência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sobrevivência in Portuguese?
sobrevivência appears 21 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).