caracterização
Portuguese, noun/ka.ɾak.te.ɾi.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/
caracterização is spelled C-A-R-A-C-T-E-R-I-Z-A-Ç-Ã-O (14 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,534th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caracterização is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “characterization (act or process of characterizing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de caracterizar”.
What does caracterização mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecharacterization (act or process of characterizing)
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 caracterizar 2. determinação do carácter
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 caracterização
- caracterizações plural
- caraterização alternative Portugal
- characterização alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caracterização?
- Brazil /ka.ɾak.te.ɾi.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ka.ɾak.te.ɾi.zaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /ka.ɾa.ki.te.ɾi.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caracterização
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caracterização in Portuguese?
caracterização appears 3.9 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).