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contiguidade

Portuguese, noun

contiguidade is spelled C-O-N-T-I-G-U-I-D-A-D-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 133,944th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contiguidade is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “contiguity (state in which objects are physically touching)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a diaeresis, contigüidade is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. With an accent, contigùidade is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1920) of contiguidade”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estado daquilo que é contíguo”.

What does contiguidade mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininecontiguity (state in which objects are physically touching)

noun

as contigüidade
  1. 1

    femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1990 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of contiguidade; may still occur as a sporadic misspelling

noun

as contigùidade
  1. 1

    femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1920) of contiguidade

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. estado daquilo que é contíguo 2. proximidade imediata 3. contacto 4. vizinhança

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 contiguidade

  • contiguidades plural
  • contigüidade alternative
  • contigùidade alternative
  • contigüidades plural
  • contigùidades plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to contiguidade

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is contiguidade in Portuguese?

contiguidade appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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