delineação
Portuguese, noun/de.li.ne.aˈsɐ̃w̃/
delineação is spelled D-E-L-I-N-E-A-Ç-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written Portuguese, the 166,096th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Delineação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “definition (sharp demarcation of outlines or limits)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de delinear”.
What does delineação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedefinition (sharp demarcation of outlines or limits)
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 delinear
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 delineação
- delineações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce delineação?
- Brazil /de.li.ne.aˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [de.li.ne.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /dɨ.li.njɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is delineação in Portuguese?
delineação appears about once in every 33 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).