atenuação
Portuguese, noun/a.te.nu.aˈsɐ̃w̃/
atenuação is spelled A-T-E-N-U-A-Ç-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,034th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atenuação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “attenuation (gradual diminishing in the strength)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de atenuar”.
What does atenuação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineattenuation (gradual diminishing in the strength)
- 2
feminineattenuation (a reduction in the level of some property with distance)
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 atenuar 2. enfraquecimento 3. diminuição da ação patogênica de um microorganismo com o fim, em geral, de se criar soros e vacinas 4. diminuição da intensidade de um sinal ou dispersão da energia de uma onda ao atravessar um meio
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 atenuação
- atenuações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce atenuação?
- Brazil /a.te.nu.aˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [a.te.nu.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /a.te.nwaˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to atenuação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is atenuação in Portuguese?
atenuação appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).