decantação
Portuguese, noun/de.kɐ̃.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
decantação is spelled D-E-C-A-N-T-A-Ç-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 79,437th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Decantação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “decantation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “transformação da água suja em limpa”.
What does decantação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedecantation
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. transformação da água suja em limpa
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 decantação
- decantações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce decantação?
- Brazil /de.kɐ̃.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [de.kɐ̃.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /dɨ.kɐ̃.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is decantação in Portuguese?
decantação appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).