cremação
Portuguese, noun/kɾe.maˈsɐ̃w̃/
cremação is spelled C-R-E-M-A-Ç-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 37,239th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cremação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cremation (burning of a body)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de queimar um cadáver, reduzindo-o a cinzas”.
What does cremação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecremation (burning of a body)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de queimar um cadáver, reduzindo-o a cinzas
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 cremação
- cremações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cremação?
- Brazil /kɾe.maˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [kɾe.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /kɾɨ.mɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cremação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cremação in Portuguese?
cremação appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).