lesão
Portuguese, noun/leˈzɐ̃w̃/
lesão is spelled L-E-S-Ã-O (5 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,176th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lesão is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “lesion, wound” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “contusão”.
What does lesão mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelesion, wound
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. contusão 2. ferimento 3. pancada 4. prejuízo
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 lesão
- lesões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lesão?
- Brazil /leˈzɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [leˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /lɨˈzɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lesão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lesão in Portuguese?
lesão appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).