difusão
Portuguese, noun/d͡ʒi.fuˈzɐ̃w̃/
difusão is spelled D-I-F-U-S-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,991st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Difusão is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “diffusion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de difundir(-se); estado do que é difuso”.
What does difusão mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediffusion
- 2
femininepropagation
- 3
femininetransfusion
- 4
feminineprolixity
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 difundir(-se); estado do que é difuso 2. derramamento de um líquido 3. propagação 4. prolixidade
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 difusão
- difusões plural
- diffusão alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce difusão?
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.fuˈzɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [d͡ʒi.fuˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /di.fuˈzɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to difusão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is difusão in Portuguese?
difusão appears 11 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).