dessalinização
Portuguese, noun/de.sa.li.ni.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/
dessalinização is spelled D-E-S-S-A-L-I-N-I-Z-A-Ç-Ã-O (14 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,000th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dessalinização is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “desalination” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “processo de obtenção de água potável por meio da retirada do sal da água marinha”.
What does dessalinização mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedesalination
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. processo de obtenção de água potável por meio da retirada do sal da água marinha
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 dessalinização
- dessalinizações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dessalinização?
- Brazil /de.sa.li.ni.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [de.sa.li.ni.zaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.sa.li.ni.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dessalinização in Portuguese?
dessalinização appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).