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ficção

Portuguese, noun/fikˈsɐ̃w̃/

ficção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “fiction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de fingir”.

What does ficção mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininefiction

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 fingir 2. simulação 3. coisa imaginária

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 ficção

  • ficções plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce ficção?

  • Brazil /fikˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • Brazil [fikˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • Portugal /fikˈsɐ̃w̃/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to ficção

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is ficção in Portuguese?

ficção appears 22 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).