obturação
Portuguese, noun/o.bi.tu.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/
obturação is spelled O-B-T-U-R-A-Ç-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 75,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obturação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “obturation, clogging, obstruction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “preenchimento de cavidade em dente com material restaurador”.
What does obturação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineobturation, clogging, obstruction
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. preenchimento de cavidade em dente com material restaurador 2. ato ou efeito de obstruir; bloqueio ou vedação de passagem
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 obturação
- obturações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obturação?
- Brazil /o.bi.tu.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [o.bi.tu.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /ob.tu.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to obturação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is obturação in Portuguese?
obturação appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).