This is the 2857th most frequent Portuguese word.
ciências
"Ciências" means "sciences."
The word 'ciências' is used to refer broadly to scientific subject matter in an educational context.
Eu adoro estudar ciências na escola.
I love studying sciences at school.
Here, 'ciências' specifies a category of sciences, in this case, ones related to nature and physical world.
As ciências naturais incluem disciplinas como biologia e química.
Natural sciences include disciplines like biology and chemistry.
In this sentence, 'ciências' refers to the collective scientific fields contributing to societal development.