lactação
Portuguese, noun/lak.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
lactação is spelled L-A-C-T-A-Ç-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 59,000th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lactação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “lactation (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação ou efeito de lactar (amamentar); amamentação”.
What does lactação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelactation (all senses)
- 2
femininebreastfeeding
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ação ou efeito de lactar (amamentar); amamentação 2. elaboração, secreção ou excreção de leite 3. após o parto, o período de tempo em que se forma o leite
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 lactação
- lactações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lactação?
- Brazil /lak.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [lak.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /lɐk.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lactação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lactação in Portuguese?
lactação appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).