deflagração
Portuguese, noun/de.fla.ɡɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/
deflagração is spelled D-E-F-L-A-G-R-A-Ç-Ã-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 57,809th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Deflagração is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “deflagration, conflagration (intense explosion)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “combustão ativa com uma chama intensa”.
What does deflagração mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedeflagration, conflagration (intense explosion)
- 2
femininediffusion, dispersion
- 3
femininea sudden and often violent apparition of something
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. combustão ativa com uma chama intensa 2. ato de estender-se e comunicar-se 3. propagação 4. surgimento de uma perturbação social
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 deflagração
- deflagrações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce deflagração?
- Brazil /de.fla.ɡɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [de.fla.ɡɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /dɨ.flɐ.ɡɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to deflagração
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is deflagração in Portuguese?
deflagração appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).