formação
Portuguese, noun/foʁ.maˈsɐ̃w̃/
formação is spelled F-O-R-M-A-Ç-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears 102 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 957th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Formação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “formation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato, efeito ou modo de formar”.
What does formação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineformation
- 2
feminineorganization
- 3
femininedevelopment
- 4
femininebackground
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato, efeito ou modo de formar 2. constituição 3. formatura (de tropas) 4. organização
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 formação
- formações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce formação?
- Brazil /foʁ.maˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [foɦ.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /foɾ.maˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to formação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is formação in Portuguese?
formação appears 102 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).