amputação
Portuguese, noun/ɐ̃.pu.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
amputação is spelled A-M-P-U-T-A-Ç-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 30,465th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amputação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “amputation (act of amputation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “remoção cirúrgica de um membro ou segmento de membro, de parte saliente (por exemplo: da mama) ou do reto…”.
What does amputação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineamputation (act of amputation)
- 2
femininemutilation
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. remoção cirúrgica de um membro ou segmento de membro, de parte saliente (por exemplo: da mama) ou do reto e/ou ânus; apócope 2. remoção cirúrgica da raiz de um dente ou da polpa 3. diminuição, restrição, corte
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 amputação
- amputações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amputação?
- Brazil /ɐ̃.pu.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ɐ̃.pu.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ɐ̃.pu.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amputação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amputação in Portuguese?
amputação appears 1.2 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).