deglutição
Portuguese, noun/de.ɡlu.t͡ʃiˈsɐ̃w̃/
deglutição is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “deglutition (the act or process of swallowing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de deglutir”.
What does deglutição mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedeglutition (the act or process of swallowing)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de deglutir
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 deglutição
- deglutições plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce deglutição?
- Brazil /de.ɡlu.t͡ʃiˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [de.ɡlu.t͡ʃiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /dɨ.ɡlu.tiˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to deglutição
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is deglutição in Portuguese?
deglutição 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).