habitação
Portuguese, noun/a.bi.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
habitação is spelled H-A-B-I-T-A-Ç-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,384th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Habitação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “habitation (the act of inhabitating)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lugar ou casa onde se habita”.
What does habitação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehabitation (the act of inhabitating)
- 2
femininedwelling, residence
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lugar ou casa onde se habita 2. moradia 3. domicílio
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 habitação
- habitações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce habitação?
- Brazil /a.bi.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [a.bi.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ɐ.bi.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to habitação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is habitação in Portuguese?
habitação appears 12 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).