usura
Portuguese, noun/uˈzu.ɾɐ/
usura is spelled U-S-U-R-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 65,361st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Usura is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “usury (exorbitant rate of interest)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of usurar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “quantia de juros considerada excessiva, social ou legalmente, em especial quando cobrada acima de um limite…”.
What does usura mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineusury (exorbitant rate of interest)
- 2
feminineusury (practice of lending money at exorbitant rates)
- 3
feminineany exploitative transaction
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. quantia de juros considerada excessiva, social ou legalmente, em especial quando cobrada acima de um limite determinado por lei 2. mesquinhez, mesquinharia, avareza, agiotagem 3. juros 4. ambição, ganância, cobiça
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 usura
- usuras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce usura?
- Brazil /uˈzu.ɾɐ/
- Portugal /uˈzu.ɾɐ/
- Portugal /u.ˈzu.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to usura
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is usura in Portuguese?
usura appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).