desertificação
Portuguese, noun/de.zeʁ.t͡ʃi.fi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
desertificação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “desertification (process by which a region becomes a desert)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de desertificar”.
What does desertificação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedesertification (process by which a region becomes a desert)
- 2
femininedepopulation
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de desertificar
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 desertificação
- desertificações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desertificação?
- Brazil /de.zeʁ.t͡ʃi.fi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [de.zeh.t͡ʃi.fi.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /de.zeɾ.t͡ʃi.fi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desertificação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desertificação in Portuguese?
desertificação appears 1.1 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).