amalgamação
Portuguese, noun/a.maw.ɡa.maˈsɐ̃w̃/
amalgamação is spelled A-M-A-L-G-A-M-A-Ç-Ã-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written Portuguese, the 156,173rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amalgamação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “amalgamation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “a formação de amálgama (liga metálica com mercúrio)”.
What does amalgamação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineamalgamation
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. a formação de amálgama (liga metálica com mercúrio) 2. técnica de extração de metais com a utilização de mercúrio
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 amalgamação
- amalgamações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amalgamação?
- Brazil /a.maw.ɡa.maˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [a.maʊ̯.ɡa.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ɐ.mal.ɡɐ.mɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amalgamação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amalgamação in Portuguese?
amalgamação appears about once in every 29 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).