castração
Portuguese, noun/kas.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/
castração is spelled C-A-S-T-R-A-Ç-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 29,633rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Castração is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “castration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de castrar, de remover ou inutilizar os órgãos reprodutores de (animal)”.
What does castração mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecastration
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 castrar, de remover ou inutilizar os órgãos reprodutores de (animal)
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 castração
- castrações plural
- castramento
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce castração?
- Brazil /kas.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [kas.tɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /kaʃ.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to castração
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is castração in Portuguese?
castração appears 1.2 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).