veemência
Portuguese, noun/ve.eˈmẽ.sjɐ/
veemência is spelled V-E-E-M-Ê-N-C-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,483rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Veemência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “vehemence (an intense concentration, force or power)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ardor, fervor”.
What does veemência mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevehemence (an intense concentration, force or power)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ardor, fervor 2. fúria 3. eloquência arrebatadora 4. impulso rápido no ânimo ou nas paixões; impetuosidade
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 veemência
- veemências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce veemência?
- Brazil /ve.eˈmẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal /vjeˈmẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal /vjɨˈmẽ.sjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to veemência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is veemência in Portuguese?
veemência 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).