ovação
Portuguese, noun/o.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/
ovação is spelled O-V-A-Ç-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 41,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ovação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ovation, acclamation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aplauso; aclamação pública”.
What does ovação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineovation, acclamation
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aplauso; aclamação pública
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 ovação
- ovações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ovação?
- Brazil /o.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [o.vaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ɔ.vɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ovação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ovação in Portuguese?
ovação appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).