embarcação
Portuguese, noun/ẽ.baʁ.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
embarcação is spelled E-M-B-A-R-C-A-Ç-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,306th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embarcação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “vessel, ship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “embarque”.
What does embarcação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevessel, ship
- 2
feminineembarkation
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. embarque 2. estrutura flutuante para transporte 3. estrutura flutuante de pequeno tamanho
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 embarcação
- embarcações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embarcação?
- Brazil /ẽ.baʁ.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ẽ.bah.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /ĩ.baʁ.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to embarcação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is embarcação in Portuguese?
embarcação appears 4.0 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).