fascinação
Portuguese, noun/fa.si.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
fascinação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “fascination” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “encanto, forte atração”.
What does fascinação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefascination
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. encanto, forte atração 2. olhar, ou seu efeito, que causa encantamento
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 fascinação
- fascinações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fascinação?
- Brazil /fa.si.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [fa.si.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /fɐʃ.si.nɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fascinação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fascinação in Portuguese?
fascinação appears 1.1 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).