sursis
Portuguese, noun/suʁˈsi/
sursis is spelled S-U-R-S-I-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 99,585th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sursis is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “conditional suspension of a sentence, in whole or only in part” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does sursis mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculineconditional suspension of a sentence, in whole or only in part
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of sursis
- sursises plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sursis?
- Brazil /suʁˈsi/
- Brazil [suhˈsi]
- /suɾˈsi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sursis in Portuguese?
sursis appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).