lavação
Portuguese, noun/la.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/
lavação is spelled L-A-V-A-Ç-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 109,086th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lavação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “the act of washing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de lavar”.
What does lavação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethe act of washing
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de lavar
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 lavação
- lavações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lavação?
- Brazil /la.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [la.vaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /lɐ.vɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lavação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lavação in Portuguese?
lavação appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).