subversão
Portuguese, noun/su.bi.veʁˈsɐ̃w̃/
subversão is spelled S-U-B-V-E-R-S-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 28,900th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Subversão is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “subversion (act of subverting)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “oposição sutil ou prolongada”.
What does subversão mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesubversion (act of subverting)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. oposição sutil ou prolongada
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 subversão
- subversões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce subversão?
- Brazil /su.bi.veʁˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [su.bi.vehˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /sub.veʁˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to subversão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is subversão in Portuguese?
subversão appears 1.3 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).