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oxidação

Portuguese, noun/ok.si.daˈsɐ̃w̃/

oxidação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “oxidation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de oxidar”.

What does oxidação mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineoxidation

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ato ou efeito de oxidar 2. corrosão pelo oxigênio do ar ou da água 3. reação na qual uma substância perde elétrons

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 oxidação

  • oxidações plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce oxidação?

  • Brazil /ok.si.daˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • Brazil [ok.si.daˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • Portugal /ɔk.si.dɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to oxidação

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is oxidação in Portuguese?

oxidação appears 1.8 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).