contusão
Portuguese, noun/kõ.tuˈzɐ̃w̃/
contusão is spelled C-O-N-T-U-S-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 24,255th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contusão is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “contusion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lesão feita por objeto contundente”.
What does contusão mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecontusion
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lesão feita por objeto contundente 2. pisadura 3. equimose
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 contusão
- contusões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contusão?
- Brazil /kõ.tuˈzɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [kõ.tuˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /kõ.tuˈzɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contusão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contusão in Portuguese?
contusão appears 1.7 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).