cátion
Portuguese, noun/ˈka.t͡ʃi.õ/
cátion is spelled C-Á-T-I-O-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 99,585th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cátion is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Brazilian Portuguese standard form of catião” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “íon com carga de eletricidade positiva”.
What does cátion mean in English?
noun
- 1
BrazilmasculineBrazilian Portuguese standard form of catião
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. íon com carga de eletricidade positiva
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 cátion
- cátions plural
- catião alternative Portugal
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cátion?
- Brazil /ˈka.t͡ʃi.õ/
- Brazil /ˈka.t͡ʃjõ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cátion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cátion in Portuguese?
cátion appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).