edificação
Portuguese, noun/e.d͡ʒi.fi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
edificação is spelled E-D-I-F-I-C-A-Ç-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,758th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Edificação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “edification” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prédio, construção”.
What does edificação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineedification
- 2
femininebuilding
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prédio, construção 2. obra 3. melhoria moral
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 edificação
- edificações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce edificação?
- Brazil /e.d͡ʒi.fi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [e.d͡ʒi.fi.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /i.di.fi.kɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to edificação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is edificação in Portuguese?
edificação appears 3.5 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).