construção
Portuguese, noun/kõs.tɾuˈsɐ̃w̃/
construção is spelled C-O-N-S-T-R-U-Ç-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears 158 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 618th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Construção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “construction, building (act or process of building)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação, ato, efeito ou arte de construir”.
What does construção mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineconstruction, building (act or process of building)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ação, ato, efeito ou arte de construir 2. estrutura, edifício, prédio 3. colocação das palavras de um período segundo as regras próprias 4. traçado metódico de figuras geométricas
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 construção
- construções plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce construção?
- Brazil /kõs.tɾuˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [kõs.tɾuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /kõʃ.tɾuˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to construção
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is construção in Portuguese?
construção appears 158 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).