expansão
Portuguese, noun/is.pɐ̃ˈsɐ̃w̃/
expansão is spelled E-X-P-A-N-S-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears 29 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,069th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Expansão is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “expansion (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de expandir(-se)”.
What does expansão mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexpansion (all senses)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de expandir(-se) 2. manifestação irrestrita de sentimentos ou opiniões 3. ato de disseminar ou espalhar 4. complemento oferecido ou comercializado com o intuito de atualizar, corrigir ou melhorar um software
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 expansão
- expansões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce expansão?
- Brazil /is.pɐ̃ˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [is.pɐ̃ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /es.pɐ̃ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to expansão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is expansão in Portuguese?
expansão appears 29 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).