irritação
Portuguese, noun/i.ʁi.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
irritação is spelled I-R-R-I-T-A-Ç-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,354th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Irritação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “irritation, aggravation, provocation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o ato de irritar ou o estado de estar irritado”.
What does irritação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineirritation, aggravation, provocation
- 2
feminineirritancy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o ato de irritar ou o estado de estar irritado 2. algo que irrita 3. o ato de fazer com que um órgão ou parte do corpo fique em uma condição de sensibilidade ou excitação anormal
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 irritação
- irritações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce irritação?
- Brazil /i.ʁi.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [i.hi.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /i.ʁi.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 irritação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is irritação in Portuguese?
irritação appears 2.5 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).