insolação
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.so.laˈsɐ̃w̃/
insolação is spelled I-N-S-O-L-A-Ç-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 38,177th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Insolação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sunstroke (heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “condição médica produzida por exposição excessiva a altas temperaturas, tipicamente devido à luz solar”.
What does insolação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesunstroke (heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. condição médica produzida por exposição excessiva a altas temperaturas, tipicamente devido à luz solar 2. quantidade de energia recebida do Sol
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 insolação
- insolações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce insolação?
- Brazil /ĩ.so.laˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ĩ.so.laˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ĩ.su.lɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to insolação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is insolação in Portuguese?
insolação 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).