moderação
Portuguese, noun/mo.de.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/
moderação is spelled M-O-D-E-R-A-Ç-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,900th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moderação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “moderation (avoidance of extremes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade do que ou de quem é moderado; prudência”.
What does moderação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemoderation (avoidance of extremes)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualidade do que ou de quem é moderado; prudência
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 moderação
- moderações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce moderação?
- Brazil /mo.de.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [mo.de.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /mu.dɨ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to moderação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is moderação in Portuguese?
moderação appears 4.2 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).