declinação
Portuguese, noun/de.kli.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
declinação is spelled D-E-C-L-I-N-A-Ç-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,000th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Declinação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “declension (a way of categorizing nouns)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de realizar uma flexão numa palavra (em geral, o termo é usado referindo-se especificamente à flexão em…”.
What does declinação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedeclension (a way of categorizing nouns)
- 2
femininedecline, decadence, fall
- 3
femininedeclination, refusal
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de realizar uma flexão numa palavra (em geral, o termo é usado referindo-se especificamente à flexão em casos gramaticais) 2. cada uma das formas declinadas de uma palavra 3. paradigma de declinação¹
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 declinação
- declinações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce declinação?
- Brazil /de.kli.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [de.kli.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /dɨ.kli.nɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to declinação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is declinação in Portuguese?
declinação appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).