laqueação
Portuguese, noun/la.ke.aˈsɐ̃w̃/
laqueação is spelled L-A-Q-U-E-A-Ç-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese, the 164,273rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Laqueação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “tubal ligation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does laqueação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetubal ligation
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of laqueação
- laqueações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce laqueação?
- Brazil /la.ke.aˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [la.ke.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /lɐ.kjɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is laqueação in Portuguese?
laqueação appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).