cessação
Portuguese, noun/se.saˈsɐ̃w̃/
cessação is spelled C-E-S-S-A-Ç-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 44,272nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cessação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cessation, surcease” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de cessar; interrupção”.
What does cessação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecessation, surcease
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 cessar; interrupção
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 cessação
- cessações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cessação?
- Brazil /se.saˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [se.saˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /sɨ.sɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cessação in Portuguese?
cessação appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).