inchação
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.ʃaˈsɐ̃w̃/
inchação is spelled I-N-C-H-A-Ç-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese, the 162,831st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inchação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “swelling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de inchar”.
What does inchação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineswelling
- 2
femininebump
- 3
femininepock
- 4
femininetumor
- 5
femininearrogance, vanity, pride
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de inchar 2. tumor 3. arrogância
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 inchação
- inchações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inchação?
- Brazil /ĩ.ʃaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ĩ.ʃaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ĩ.ʃɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inchação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inchação in Portuguese?
inchação appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).