mastigação
Portuguese, noun/mas.t͡ʃi.ɡaˈsɐ̃w̃/
mastigação is spelled M-A-S-T-I-G-A-Ç-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 56,596th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mastigação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “chewing, mastication” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de mastigar”.
What does mastigação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechewing, mastication
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 mastigar
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 mastigação
- mastigações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mastigação?
- Brazil /mas.t͡ʃi.ɡaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [mas.t͡ʃi.ɡaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /maʃ.t͡ʃi.ɡaˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mastigação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mastigação in Portuguese?
mastigação appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).