hibernação
Portuguese, noun/i.beʁ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
hibernação is spelled H-I-B-E-R-N-A-Ç-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 41,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hibernação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “hibernation (state of inactivity during winter)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “entorpecimento dos membros de um animal determinado pelo frio ou pelo calor”.
What does hibernação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehibernation (state of inactivity during winter)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. entorpecimento dos membros de um animal determinado pelo frio ou pelo calor. 2. descanso dos computadores de mão após a descarga.
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 hibernação
- hibernações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hibernação?
- Brazil /i.beʁ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [i.beɦ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /i.beɾ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hibernação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hibernação in Portuguese?
hibernação appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).