tribulação
Portuguese, noun/tɾi.bu.laˈsɐ̃w̃/
tribulação is spelled T-R-I-B-U-L-A-Ç-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 45,243rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tribulação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “tribulation; adversity (an unfavourable event)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “adversidade; amargura”.
What does tribulação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetribulation; adversity (an unfavourable event)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. adversidade; amargura
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 tribulação
- tribulações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tribulação?
- Brazil /tɾi.bu.laˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [tɾi.bu.laˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /tɾi.bu.lɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tribulação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tribulação in Portuguese?
tribulação appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).