hesitação
Portuguese, noun/e.zi.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
hesitação is spelled H-E-S-I-T-A-Ç-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,561st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hesitação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “hesitation (act of hesitating)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o ato de hesitar”.
What does hesitação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehesitation (act of hesitating)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o ato de hesitar 2. indecisão, dúvida, vacilação
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 hesitação
- hesitações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hesitação?
- Brazil /e.zi.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [e.zi.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /i.zi.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 hesitação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hesitação in Portuguese?
hesitação appears 1.9 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).