delação
Portuguese, noun/de.laˈsɐ̃w̃/
delação is spelled D-E-L-A-Ç-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,792nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Delação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “accusation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “denúncia, revelação intencional de crime, ou de qualquer comportamento errado”.
What does delação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaccusation
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. denúncia, revelação intencional de crime, ou de qualquer comportamento errado 2. revelação não-intencional ou acidental do que se procurava ocultar; ato de deixar perceber
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 delação
- delações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce delação?
- Brazil /de.laˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [de.laˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /dɨ.lɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is delação in Portuguese?
delação appears 3.8 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).