legação
Portuguese, noun/le.ɡaˈsɐ̃w̃/
legação is spelled L-E-G-A-Ç-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 114,804th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Legação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “legacy, bequest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does legação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelegacy, bequest
- 2
femininelegation
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of legação
- legações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce legação?
- Brazil /le.ɡaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [le.ɡaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /lɨ.ɡɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is legação in Portuguese?
legação appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).