descontaminação
Portuguese, noun/des.kõ.ta.mi.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
descontaminação is spelled D-E-S-C-O-N-T-A-M-I-N-A-Ç-Ã-O (15 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,330th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descontaminação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “decontamination (process of removing contamination)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does descontaminação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedecontamination (process of removing contamination)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of descontaminação
- descontaminações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce descontaminação?
- Brazil /des.kõ.ta.mi.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [des.kõ.ta.mi.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.kõ.ta.mi.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to descontaminação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is descontaminação in Portuguese?
descontaminação appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).