inumação
Portuguese, noun/i.nu.maˈsɐ̃w̃/
inumação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “burial (act of burying a dead body)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de inumar; enterro”.
What does inumação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineburial (act of burying a dead body)
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 inumar; enterro
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 inumação
- inumações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inumação?
- Brazil /i.nu.maˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [i.nu.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /i.nu.mɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inumação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inumação in Portuguese?
inumação appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).