investigação
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.ves.t͡ʃi.ɡaˈsɐ̃w̃/
investigação is spelled I-N-V-E-S-T-I-G-A-Ç-Ã-O (12 letters) and appears 76 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,277th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Investigação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “investigation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de investigar”.
What does investigação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinvestigation
- 2
feminineresearch
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de investigar 2. verificação ou estudo de um fato através da coleta de evidências, informações ou pistas 3. pesquisa
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 investigação
- investigações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce investigação?
- Brazil /ĩ.ves.t͡ʃi.ɡaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ĩ.ves.t͡ʃi.ɡaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /ĩ.veʃ.t͡ʃi.ɡaˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to investigação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is investigação in Portuguese?
investigação appears 76 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).