afirmação
Portuguese, noun/a.fiʁ.maˈsɐ̃w̃/
afirmação is spelled A-F-I-R-M-A-Ç-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,502nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afirmação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “affirmation, statement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “declaração; ato de afirmar”.
What does afirmação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaffirmation, statement
- 2
feminineproposition
- 3
femininepronouncement
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. declaração; ato de afirmar
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 afirmação
- afirmações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afirmação?
- Brazil /a.fiʁ.maˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [a.fiɦ.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /a.fiɾ.maˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to afirmação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afirmação in Portuguese?
afirmação 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).