aquaplanagem
Portuguese, noun/a.kwa.plaˈna.ʒẽj̃/
aquaplanagem is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “the act of sliding over the water” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “situação em que não há atrito entre os pneus de um automóvel e o solo, devido à presença de água na pista”.
What does aquaplanagem mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethe act of sliding over the water
- 2
feminineaquaplaning (surface water sport)
- 3
feminineaquaplaning (the loss of contact with the road because of surface water)
- 4
feminineraresplashdown (landing into water)
- 5
femininerareditching (crash-landing into water)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. situação em que não há atrito entre os pneus de um automóvel e o solo, devido à presença de água na pista
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 aquaplanagem
- aquaplanagens plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aquaplanagem?
- Brazil /a.kwa.plaˈna.ʒẽj̃/
- Brazil [a.kwa.plaˈna.ʒẽɪ̯̃]
- Portugal /a.kwɐ.plɐˈna.ʒɐ̃j̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aquaplanagem
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aquaplanagem in Portuguese?
aquaplanagem appears about once in every 45 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).