capitalização
Portuguese, noun/ka.pi.ta.li.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/
capitalização is spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-L-I-Z-A-Ç-Ã-O (13 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 38,177th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capitalização is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “capitalization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de capitalizar”.
What does capitalização mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecapitalization
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de capitalizar
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 capitalização
- capitalizações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce capitalização?
- Brazil /ka.pi.ta.li.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ka.pi.ta.li.zaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /kɐ.pi.tɐ.li.zɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to capitalização
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is capitalização in Portuguese?
capitalização appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).