contracepção
Portuguese, noun/kõ.tɾa.se.piˈsɐ̃w̃/
contracepção is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-C-E-P-Ç-Ã-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 51,518th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contracepção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of contraceção” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prevenção da fecundação”.
What does contracepção mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineBrazilian Portuguese standard spelling of contraceção
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prevenção da fecundação
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 contracepção
- contracepções plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contracepção?
- Brazil /kõ.tɾa.se.piˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [kõ.tɾa.se.piˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /kõ.tɾa.sepˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is contracepção in Portuguese?
contracepção appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).