nação
Portuguese, noun/naˈsɐ̃w̃/
nação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “nation (group of people sharing aspects of language, culture and/or ethnicity)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grupo de pessoas, com um mesmo governo e localizado num determinado espaço geográfico”.
What does nação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenation (group of people sharing aspects of language, culture and/or ethnicity)
- 2
femininenation (country)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grupo de pessoas, com um mesmo governo e localizado num determinado espaço geográfico 2. o território ocupado por esse grupo de pessoas 3. cada diferente segmento do candomblé 4. diz-se das tribos indígenas do Brasil
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 nação
- nações plural
- naçaõ alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nação?
- Brazil /naˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /nɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nação in Portuguese?
nação appears 42 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).