tergiversação
Portuguese, noun/teʁ.ʒi.veʁ.saˈsɐ̃w̃/
tergiversação is spelled T-E-R-G-I-V-E-R-S-A-Ç-Ã-O (13 letters) and appears about once in every 79 million words in written Portuguese, the 244,057th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tergiversação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “tergiversation (the use of evasive answers; pretext, excuse, subterfuge)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de tergiversar”.
What does tergiversação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetergiversation (the use of evasive answers; pretext, excuse, subterfuge)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de tergiversar
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 tergiversação
- tergiversações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tergiversação?
- Brazil /teʁ.ʒi.veʁ.saˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [teɦ.ʒi.veh.saˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /teɾ.ʒi.veɾ.saˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tergiversação in Portuguese?
tergiversação appears about once in every 79 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).