superstição

/supeɾstʃiˈsɐ̃w/

a noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
as superstições

Meaning

  1. superstition

    • É uma superstição.

      It's a superstition.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

crendice

crendice is slightly more colloquial or pejorative, a silly superstitious belief; superstição is the more formal general word.

Similar in other languages

German

Aberglaube

Aberglaube is the German word for the same thing — both mean "superstition."

Spanish

superstición

superstición is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "superstition."

French

superstition

superstition is the French word for the same thing — both mean "superstition."

Practice

1 What does superstição mean?

2 Fill the gap: É uma ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches superstição?

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