denotação
Portuguese, noun/de.no.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
denotação is spelled D-E-N-O-T-A-Ç-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 103,739th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Denotação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “denotation (act of denoting)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relação entre expressões linguísticas e os objetos a que se referem ou denotam”.
What does denotação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedenotation (act of denoting)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. relação entre expressões linguísticas e os objetos a que se referem ou denotam 2. objeto denotado por uma expressão linguística; referência 3. uso de palavras com significado objetivo e restrito, o oposto da conotação
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 denotação
- denotações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce denotação?
- Brazil /de.no.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [de.no.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /dɨ.nu.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to denotação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is denotação in Portuguese?
denotação appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).