especiação
Portuguese, noun/is.pe.si.aˈsɐ̃w̃/
especiação is spelled E-S-P-E-C-I-A-Ç-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 100,600th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Especiação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “speciation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does especiação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininespeciation
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of especiação
- especiações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce especiação?
- Brazil /is.pe.si.aˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [is.pe.si.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /is.pe.sjaˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to especiação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is especiação in Portuguese?
especiação appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).