dedicação
Portuguese, noun/de.d͡ʒi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
dedicação is spelled D-E-D-I-C-A-Ç-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,515th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dedicação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “dedication (state of being dedicated)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de dedicar”.
What does dedicação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininededication (state of being dedicated)
- 2
femininededication (note prefixed to a work of art)
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 dedicar 2. devoção
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 dedicação
- dedicações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dedicação?
- Brazil /de.d͡ʒi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [de.d͡ʒi.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /dɨ.di.kɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dedicação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dedicação in Portuguese?
dedicação appears 9.8 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).