tirania
Portuguese, noun/t͡ʃi.ɾaˈni.ɐ/
tirania is spelled T-I-R-A-N-I-A (7 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,458th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tirania is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “tyranny (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “domínio ou poder de tirano; governo opressor e cruel; despotismo”.
What does tirania mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetyranny (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)
- 2
femininetyranny (extreme severity or rigour)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. domínio ou poder de tirano; governo opressor e cruel; despotismo:
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 tirania
- tiranias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tirania?
- Brazil /t͡ʃi.ɾaˈni.ɐ/
- Portugal /ti.ɾɐˈni.ɐ/
- Portugal /ti.ɾɐ.ˈni.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 tirania
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tirania in Portuguese?
tirania appears 3.0 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).