autuação
Portuguese, noun/aw.tu.aˈsɐ̃w̃/
autuação is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “act of starting a legal complaint against someone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de autuar; lavratura de auto por autoridade competente”.
What does autuação mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineact of starting a legal complaint against someone
- 2
masculineact by which the court clerk starts a lawsuit
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 autuar; lavratura de auto por autoridade competente 2. formação dos autos de um processo; juntada e numeração das peças sob capa 3. emissão de auto de infração; formalização de multa
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 autuação
- autuações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce autuação?
- Brazil /aw.tu.aˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [aʊ̯.tu.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /aw.twaˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to autuação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is autuação in Portuguese?
autuação appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).