expulsão
Portuguese, noun/is.puwˈsɐ̃w̃/
expulsão is spelled E-X-P-U-L-S-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,159th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Expulsão is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “expulsion (the act of expelling or the state of being expelled)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de expulsar”.
What does expulsão mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexpulsion (the act of expelling or the state of being expelled)
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 expulsar 2. ato de expelir 3. secreção
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 expulsão
- expulsões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce expulsão?
- Brazil /is.puwˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [is.puʊ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /es.puwˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to expulsão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is expulsão in Portuguese?
expulsão appears 8.7 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).