adoção
Portuguese, noun/a.doˈsɐ̃w̃/
adoção is spelled A-D-O-Ç-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,502nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adoção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “adoption” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação ou resultado de adotar, de aceitar (alguém ou algo)”.
What does adoção mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineadoption
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ação ou resultado de adotar, de aceitar (alguém ou algo) 2. processo legal que consiste no ato de se aceitar espontaneamente como filho de determinada pessoa, desde que respeitadas as condições jurídicas para tal
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 adoção
- adoções plural
- adopção alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adoção?
- Brazil /a.doˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [a.doˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ɐ.dɔˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to adoção
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adoção in Portuguese?
adoção appears 14 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).