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lenização

Portuguese, noun/le.ni.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/

lenização is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “lenition (weakening of a consonant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does lenização mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininelenition (weakening of a consonant)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of lenização

  • lenizações plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce lenização?

  • Brazil /le.ni.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • Brazil [le.ni.zaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • Portugal /lɨ.ni.zɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to lenização

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.