natação
Portuguese, noun/na.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
natação is spelled N-A-T-A-Ç-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,745th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Natação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “swimming” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de deslocar-se sobre a água (nadar), como diversas espécies de animais”.
What does natação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineswimming
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de deslocar-se sobre a água (nadar), como diversas espécies de animais 2. prática desportiva que envolvem o deslocamento na água
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.
How do you pronounce natação?
- Brazil /na.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [na.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /nɐ.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to natação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is natação in Portuguese?
natação appears 9.3 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).