intercalação
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.teʁ.ka.laˈsɐ̃w̃/
intercalação is spelled I-N-T-E-R-C-A-L-A-Ç-Ã-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 122,069th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intercalação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “intercalation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does intercalação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineintercalation
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of intercalação
- intercalações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intercalação?
- Brazil /ĩ.teʁ.ka.laˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ĩ.teh.ka.laˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is intercalação in Portuguese?
intercalação appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).