embasamento
Portuguese, noun/ẽˌba.zaˈmẽ.tu/
embasamento is spelled E-M-B-A-S-A-M-E-N-T-O (11 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,005th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embasamento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “foundation (the base of a building)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de embasar”.
What does embasamento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefoundation (the base of a building)
- 2
masculinebasis (base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis)
- 3
masculineplinth (base of a column, statue or pedestal)
- 4
masculinebasement (mass of rock underlying sedimentary cover)
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 embasar 2. base
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 embasamento
- embasamentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embasamento?
- Brazil /ẽˌba.zaˈmẽ.tu/
- Brazil /ĩˌba.zaˈmẽ.tu/
- Portugal /ẽˌba.zɐˈmẽ.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 embasamento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is embasamento in Portuguese?
embasamento appears 1.4 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).