embalsamamento
Portuguese, noun/ẽˌbaw.sa.maˈmẽ.tu/
embalsamamento is spelled E-M-B-A-L-S-A-M-A-M-E-N-T-O (14 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 100,600th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embalsamamento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “embalming” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de embalsamar”.
What does embalsamamento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineembalming
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 embalsamar 2. preparação de um cadáver para resistir à corrupção
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 embalsamamento
- embalsamamentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embalsamamento?
- Brazil /ẽˌbaw.sa.maˈmẽ.tu/
- Brazil [ẽˌbaʊ̯.sa.maˈmẽ.tu]
- Brazil /ĩˌbaw.sa.maˈmẽ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to embalsamamento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is embalsamamento in Portuguese?
embalsamamento appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).