aglutinação
Portuguese, noun/a.ɡlu.t͡ʃi.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
aglutinação is spelled A-G-L-U-T-I-N-A-Ç-Ã-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 59,634th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aglutinação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “agglutination (act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de aglutinar”.
What does aglutinação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineagglutination (act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance)
- 2
feminineagglutination (combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning)
- 3
femininea blend with the loss of one or more phonemes
Coordinate term: justaposição
- 4
feminineagglutination (clumping together of red blood cells or bacteria)
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 aglutinar. 2. (Linguística) processo morfológico em que duas ou mais palavras juntam-se para formarem uma nova palavra. E, deste processo, sempre resulta a perda de alguns fonemas e acentos pertencentes às palavras que se aglutinaram.
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 aglutinação
- aglutinações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aglutinação?
- Brazil /a.ɡlu.t͡ʃi.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [a.ɡlu.t͡ʃi.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ɐ.ɡlu.ti.nɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aglutinação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aglutinação in Portuguese?
aglutinação appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).