contracção
Portuguese, noun/kõⁿ.tɾa.ˈsãw/
contracção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of contração; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vide contração”.
What does contracção mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of contração; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vide contração
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 contracção
- contracções plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contracção?
- /kõⁿ.tɾa.ˈsãw/
- /ko~_n.t4a."sa~w/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is contracção in Portuguese?
contracção appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).