fornicação
Portuguese, noun/foʁ.ni.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
fornicação is spelled F-O-R-N-I-C-A-Ç-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 59,000th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fornicação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “fornication (sexual intercourse, especially on the part of an unmarried person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de fornicar, realizar práticas sexuais ou afeiçoar fisicamente; transar”.
What does fornicação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefornication (sexual intercourse, especially on the part of an unmarried person)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de fornicar, realizar práticas sexuais ou afeiçoar fisicamente; transar 2. no direito canónico, relações sexuais antes do matrimónio ou fora dele ou afeições físicas antes dele ou fora dele
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 fornicação
- fornicações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fornicação?
- Brazil /foʁ.ni.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [foɦ.ni.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /foɾ.ni.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fornicação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fornicação in Portuguese?
fornicação appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).