escravatura
Portuguese, noun/is.kɾa.vaˈtu.ɾɐ/
escravatura is spelled E-S-C-R-A-V-A-T-U-R-A (11 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 18,272nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escravatura is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “slavery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tráfico de escravos”.
What does escravatura mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineslavery
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tráfico de escravos 2. regime social em que se trata o homem como coisa e propriedade privada, impondo-lhe o trabalho forçado e sem salário para benefício de seu dono; escravidão
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 escravatura
- escravaturas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escravatura?
- Brazil /is.kɾa.vaˈtu.ɾɐ/
- Brazil /es.kɾa.vaˈtu.ɾɐ/
- /iʃ.kɾa.vaˈtu.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escravatura
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escravatura in Portuguese?
escravatura appears 2.8 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).