truculência
Portuguese, noun/tɾu.kuˈlẽ.sjɐ/
truculência is spelled T-R-U-C-U-L-Ê-N-C-I-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,952nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Truculência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “savagery, brutality” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade do que é truculento; ato cruel”.
What does truculência mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesavagery, brutality
- 2
feminineperversity, wickedness
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualidade do que é truculento; ato cruel
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 truculência
- truculências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce truculência?
- Brazil /tɾu.kuˈlẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal /tɾu.kuˈlẽ.sjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is truculência in Portuguese?
truculência appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).