violência
Portuguese, noun
violência is spelled V-I-O-L-Ê-N-C-I-A (9 letters) and appears 69 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,387th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Violência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “violence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, violencia is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “força intensa e repentina”.
What does violência mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineviolence
- 2
feminineact of violence
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of violência
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. força intensa e repentina 2. força física, ação ou tratamento que causa danos 3. o ato ou efeito de ser violento
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 violência
- violencias plural
- violências plural
- violencia alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to violência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is violência in Portuguese?
violência appears 69 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).