emulsão
Portuguese, noun/e.muwˈsɐ̃w̃/
emulsão is spelled E-M-U-L-S-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 59,000th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Emulsão is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “emulsion (suspension of one liquid in another)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dispersão coloidal de um líquido em outro imiscível”.
What does emulsão mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineemulsion (suspension of one liquid in another)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dispersão coloidal de um líquido em outro imiscível
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 emulsão
- emulsões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce emulsão?
- Brazil /e.muwˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [e.muʊ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /i.mulˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to emulsão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is emulsão in Portuguese?
emulsão appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).