superintendência
Portuguese, noun
superintendência is spelled S-U-P-E-R-I-N-T-E-N-D-Ê-N-C-I-A (16 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,529th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Superintendência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “superintendence (the act of superintending)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação ou efeito de superintender”.
What does superintendência mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesuperintendence (the act of superintending)
- 2
femininesuperintendency (the condition of being a superintendent)
- 3
femininethe office or department of a superintendent
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ação ou efeito de superintender 2. ocupação ou trabalho de superintendente 3. local (ou repartição de uma empresa) em que as funções de superintendente são exercidas
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 superintendência
- superintendências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to superintendência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is superintendência in Portuguese?
superintendência appears 2.3 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).