vontade
Portuguese, noun/võˈta.d͡ʒi/
vontade is spelled V-O-N-T-A-D-E (7 letters) and appears 145 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 688th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vontade is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “will; the condition of feeling like or wanting something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “a faculdade de agir em consciência e deliberadamente; o poder de controle que a mente tem sobre suas próprias…”.
What does vontade mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewill; the condition of feeling like or wanting something
Casei-me com ele contra a minha vontade.
- 2
femininedesire, wish
- 3
feminineintention; purpose
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. a faculdade de agir em consciência e deliberadamente; o poder de controle que a mente tem sobre suas próprias ações 2. desejo 3. objetivo, determinação 4. disposição, seja ela boa ou má, em relação a outrem
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 vontade
- vontades plural
- vontadinha diminutive
- vomtade alternative obsolete
- võtade alternative abbreviation obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vontade?
- Brazil /võˈta.d͡ʒi/
- Portugal /võˈta.dɨ/
- Portugal [võˈta.ðɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vontade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vontade in Portuguese?
vontade appears 145 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).