meação
Portuguese, noun/me.aˈsɐ̃w̃/
meação is spelled M-E-A-Ç-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written Portuguese, the 181,777th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Meação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “division into two” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “divisão em duas partes”.
What does meação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedivision into two
- 2
femininesharecropping
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. divisão em duas partes 2. contrato rural que estabelece a divisão da colheita em duas partes iguais: uma para o dono da terra e outra para aquele que a cultiva
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 meação
- meações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce meação?
- Brazil /me.aˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [me.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /mi.aˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is meação in Portuguese?
meação appears about once in every 41 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).