congratulação
Portuguese, noun/kõ.ɡɾa.tu.laˈsɐ̃w̃/
congratulação is spelled C-O-N-G-R-A-T-U-L-A-Ç-Ã-O (13 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 109,086th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Congratulação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “congratulation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de congratular”.
What does congratulação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecongratulation
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de congratular 2. parabenização 3. cumprimento expressando felicidade e/ou prazer por algo que sucedeu a outrem 4. felicitações; parabéns
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 congratulação
- congratulações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce congratulação?
- Brazil /kõ.ɡɾa.tu.laˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [kõ.ɡɾa.tu.laˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /kõ.ɡɾɐ.tu.lɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is congratulação in Portuguese?
congratulação appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).