isolação
Portuguese, noun/i.zo.laˈsɐ̃w̃/
isolação is spelled I-S-O-L-A-Ç-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 63,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Isolação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “isolation (state of being isolated)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “isolamento”.
What does isolação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineisolation (state of being isolated)
- 2
feminineisolation (act of isolating)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. isolamento 2. estado de pessoa isolada
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 isolação
- isolações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce isolação?
- Brazil /i.zo.laˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [i.zo.laˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /i.zu.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 isolação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is isolação in Portuguese?
isolação appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).