atracção
Portuguese, noun
atracção is spelled A-T-R-A-C-Ç-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 30,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atracção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of atração; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “efeito ou ação de atrair”.
What does atracção mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of atração; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. efeito ou ação de atrair 2. força que atrai; inclinação; propensão; pendor; tendência 3. afinidade moral; simpatia; afeição; 4. ato de puxar numa direção
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 atracção
- atracções plural
- a.trac.ção canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is atracção in Portuguese?
atracção appears 1.1 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).