crispação
Portuguese, noun/kɾis.paˈsɐ̃w̃/
crispação is spelled C-R-I-S-P-A-Ç-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese, the 174,701st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crispação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “wrinkle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de crispar”.
What does crispação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewrinkle
- 2
femininecontraction (of muscles etc.)
- 3
femininetension
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de crispar 2. contração nervosa ou muscular 3. textura adquirida pela pele devido a nervoso ou frio; o mesmo que pele de galinha 4. tensão, picardia, atrito:
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 crispação
- crispações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce crispação?
- Brazil /kɾis.paˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [kɾis.paˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /kɾiʃ.paˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to crispação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is crispação in Portuguese?
crispação appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).