expurgação
Portuguese, noun/is.puʁ.ɡaˈsɐ̃w̃/
expurgação is spelled E-X-P-U-R-G-A-Ç-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written Portuguese, the 198,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Expurgação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “expurgation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does expurgação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexpurgation
- 2
femininepurge
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of expurgação
- expurgações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce expurgação?
- Brazil /is.puʁ.ɡaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [is.puɦ.ɡaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /es.puʁ.ɡaˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is expurgação in Portuguese?
expurgação appears about once in every 50 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).