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africação

Portuguese, noun/a.fɾi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/

africação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “affrication (the process of becoming an affricate)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does africação mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineaffrication (the process of becoming an affricate)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of africação

  • africações plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce africação?

  • Brazil /a.fɾi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • Brazil [a.fɾi.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • Portugal /ɐ.fɾi.kɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.