suspeição
Portuguese, noun/sus.pejˈsɐ̃w̃/
suspeição is spelled S-U-S-P-E-I-Ç-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 37,683rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Suspeição is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “suspicion (act of suspecting something or someone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que suspeita; desconfiança”.
What does suspeição mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesuspicion (act of suspecting something or someone)
- 2
Brazilfemininecircumstance in which a representative of the Public Ministry (such as a judge, prosecutor, lawyer, etc.) is related or acquainted to the defendant, therefore legally unable to exercise their functions
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 suspeita; desconfiança.
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 suspeição
- suspeições plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce suspeição?
- Brazil /sus.pejˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [sus.peɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /suʃ.pejˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to suspeição
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is suspeição in Portuguese?
suspeição 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).