calefação
Portuguese, noun/ka.le.faˈsɐ̃w̃/
calefação is spelled C-A-L-E-F-A-Ç-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 61,435th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calefação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “heating (the act of making something hot)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquecimento”.
What does calefação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineheating (the act of making something hot)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aquecimento 2. sistema de distribuição de calor em um local ou habitação
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 calefação
- calefações plural
- calefacção alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calefação?
- Brazil /ka.le.faˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ka.le.faˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /kɐ.lɨ.faˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to calefação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calefação in Portuguese?
calefação appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).