dilatação
Portuguese, noun/d͡ʒi.la.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
dilatação is spelled D-I-L-A-T-A-Ç-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 25,577th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dilatação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “act or effect of dilating or expanding” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de dilatar; ato de avolumar; ato de alargar-se”.
What does dilatação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineact or effect of dilating or expanding
- 2
feminineincrease in volume or dimensions of a body due to an increase in temperature
- 3
feminineenlargement
- 4
feminineenlargement, expansion
- 5
feminineincrement
- 6
femininedistension
- 7
feminineincrease, spontaneous or provoked, in the dimensions of a hollow organ, canal or orifice
- 8
feminineextension
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 dilatar; ato de avolumar; ato de alargar-se 2. operação cirúrgica com que se alarga um canal 3. incremento 4. prolongamento
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 dilatação
- dilatações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dilatação?
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.la.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [d͡ʒi.la.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /di.lɐ.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dilatação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dilatação in Portuguese?
dilatação appears 1.6 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).