alternação
Portuguese, noun/aw.teʁ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
alternação is spelled A-L-T-E-R-N-A-Ç-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese, the 169,452nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alternação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “alternation (the process of alternating)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does alternação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternation (the process of alternating)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of alternação
- alternações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alternação?
- Brazil /aw.teʁ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [aʊ̯.teɦ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /aw.teɾ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alternação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alternação in Portuguese?
alternação appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).