infestação
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.fes.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
infestação is spelled I-N-F-E-S-T-A-Ç-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 34,194th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Infestação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “infestation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de se infestar”.
What does infestação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinfestation
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 se infestar 2. contaminação
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 infestação
- infestações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce infestação?
- Brazil /ĩ.fes.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ĩ.fes.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /ĩ.feʃ.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to infestação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is infestação in Portuguese?
infestação appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).