oblação
Portuguese, noun/o.blaˈsɐ̃w̃/
oblação is spelled O-B-L-A-Ç-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese, the 125,896th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oblação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “oblation (offering something to the divinity, through certain liturgical ceremonies, oblate)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “oferenda feita a Deus ou aos santos”.
What does oblação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineoblation (offering something to the divinity, through certain liturgical ceremonies, oblate)
- 2
feminineoffering
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. oferenda feita a Deus ou aos santos 2. ato em que o sacerdote oferece a Deus o pão e o vinho antes de o consagrar 3. (por extensão) qualquer oferecimento ou oferta
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 oblação
- oblações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oblação?
- Brazil /o.blaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [o.blaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ɔ.blɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is oblação in Portuguese?
oblação appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).