defecação
Portuguese, noun/de.fe.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
defecação is spelled D-E-F-E-C-A-Ç-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 91,721st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Defecação is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “defecation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de defecar”.
What does defecação mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedefecation
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de defecar
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 defecação
- defecações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce defecação?
- Brazil /de.fe.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [de.fe.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /dɨ.fɨ.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 defecação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is defecação in Portuguese?
defecação appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).