canção
Portuguese, noun/kɐ̃ˈsɐ̃w̃/
canção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “song” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “canto”.
What does canção mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesong
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. canto 2. poesia destinada a ser cantada
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 canção
- canções plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce canção?
- Brazil /kɐ̃ˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [kɐ̃ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /kɐ̃ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to canção
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is canção in Portuguese?
canção appears 39 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).