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descriminação

Portuguese, noun/des.kɾi.mi.naˈsɐ̃w̃/

descriminação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “acquittal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de descriminar”.

What does descriminação mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineacquittal

  2. 2

    femininedecriminalization

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 descriminar

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 descriminação

  • descriminações plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce descriminação?

  • Brazil /des.kɾi.mi.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • Brazil [des.kɾi.mi.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • Brazil /d͡ʒis.kɾi.mi.naˈsɐ̃w̃/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is descriminação in Portuguese?

descriminação appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).