absorção
Portuguese, noun/ab.soʁˈsɐ̃w̃/
absorção is spelled A-B-S-O-R-Ç-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,809th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Absorção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “absorption” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de absorver”.
What does absorção mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineabsorption
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de absorver 2. recolhimento 3. êxtase
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 absorção
- absorções plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce absorção?
- Brazil /ab.soʁˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ab.sohˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /a.bi.soʁˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to absorção
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is absorção in Portuguese?
absorção appears 5.2 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).