suspense
Portuguese, noun/susˈpẽ.si/
suspense is spelled S-U-S-P-E-N-S-E (8 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,491st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Suspense is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “suspense (the excited anticipation of an outcome)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “gênero da ficção que contém um pouco de mistério”.
What does suspense mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesuspense (the excited anticipation of an outcome)
- 2
masculinethriller (genre of fiction)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gênero da ficção que contém um pouco de mistério
noun: 1. obra literária ou cinematográfica de género homónimo 2. sensação de apreensão criada pela expectativa daquilo que se insinua ou em relação àquilo que se faz mistério
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 suspense
- suspenses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce suspense?
- Brazil /susˈpẽ.si/
- /suʃˈpẽ.si/
- Portugal /suʃˈpɐ̃.sɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to suspense
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is suspense in Portuguese?
suspense appears 6.2 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).