degeneração
Portuguese, noun/de.ʒe.ne.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/
degeneração is spelled D-E-G-E-N-E-R-A-Ç-Ã-O (11 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 25,925th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Degeneração is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “degeneration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de degenerar”.
What does degeneração mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedegeneration
- 2
femininedegeneration, degeneracy (process or state of growing or having become worse)
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 degenerar
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 degeneração
- degenerações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce degeneração?
- Brazil /de.ʒe.ne.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [de.ʒe.ne.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /dɨ.ʒɨ.nɨ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to degeneração
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is degeneração in Portuguese?
degeneração appears 1.5 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).