complicação
Portuguese, noun/kõ.pli.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
complicação is spelled C-O-M-P-L-I-C-A-Ç-Ã-O (11 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,965th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Complicação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “complication” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de complicar”.
What does complicação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecomplication
- 2
feminineintricacy
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 complicar 2. dificuldade, estorvo 3. fenômeno que ocorre durante uma enfermidade sem ser próprio dela e que a agrava
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 complicação
- complicações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce complicação?
- Brazil /kõ.pli.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [kõ.pli.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /kõ.pli.kɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to complicação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is complicação in Portuguese?
complicação appears 2.0 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).