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bifurcação

Portuguese, noun/bi.fuʁ.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/

bifurcação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “fork; bifurcation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de bifurcar; bifurcamento”.

What does bifurcação mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininefork; bifurcation

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 bifurcar; bifurcamento 2. divisão ou separação de alguma coisa em dois ramos ou braços (tal como uma forquilha) 3. ponto em que se dá tal divisão ou separação 4. divisão, separação

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 bifurcação

  • bifurcações plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce bifurcação?

  • Brazil /bi.fuʁ.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • Brazil [bi.fuh.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • /bi.fuɾ.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to bifurcação

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is bifurcação in Portuguese?

bifurcação 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).