teimosia
Portuguese, noun/tej.moˈzi.ɐ/
teimosia is spelled T-E-I-M-O-S-I-A (8 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,930th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Teimosia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “stubbornness, obstinacy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade de quem é teimoso; teima persistente; obstinação”.
What does teimosia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestubbornness, obstinacy
- 2
feminineperseverance, tenacity
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualidade de quem é teimoso; teima persistente; obstinação 2. perseverança, pertinácia, tenacidade
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 teimosia
- teimosias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce teimosia?
- Brazil /tej.moˈzi.ɐ/
- Brazil [teɪ̯.moˈzi.ɐ]
- Portugal /tɐj.muˈzi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to teimosia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is teimosia in Portuguese?
teimosia appears 1.8 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).