contaminação
Portuguese, noun/kõ.ta.mi.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
contaminação is spelled C-O-N-T-A-M-I-N-A-Ç-Ã-O (12 letters) and appears 7.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,870th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contaminação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “contamination” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de contaminar”.
What does contaminação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecontamination
- 2
feminineinfection, contagion
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 contaminar 2. contágio
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 contaminação
- contaminações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contaminação?
- Brazil /kõ.ta.mi.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [kõ.ta.mi.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /kõ.tɐ.mi.nɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contaminação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contaminação in Portuguese?
contaminação appears 7.8 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).