escavação
Portuguese, noun/is.ka.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/
escavação is spelled E-S-C-A-V-A-Ç-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,687th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escavação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “excavation (act of excavating, or of making hollow)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de escavar”.
What does escavação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexcavation (act of excavating, or of making hollow)
- 2
feminineexcavation (cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping)
- 3
feminineexcavation (site where an archaeological exploration is being carried out)
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 escavar
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 escavação
- escavações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escavação?
- Brazil /is.ka.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [is.ka.vaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /es.ka.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escavação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escavação in Portuguese?
escavação appears 2.1 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).