encampação
Portuguese, noun/ẽ.kɐ̃.paˈsɐ̃w̃/
encampação is spelled E-N-C-A-M-P-A-Ç-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 124,583rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encampação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “expropriation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “uma das formas de extinção do contrato de concessão dos serviços públicos”.
What does encampação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexpropriation
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. uma das formas de extinção do contrato de concessão dos serviços públicos
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 encampação
- encampações plural
- encampaçaõ alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encampação?
- Brazil /ẽ.kɐ̃.paˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ẽ.kɐ̃.paˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /ĩ.kɐ̃.paˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is encampação in Portuguese?
encampação appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).