passagem
Portuguese, noun/paˈsa.ʒẽj̃/
passagem is spelled P-A-S-S-A-G-E-M (8 letters) and appears 65 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,494th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Passagem is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “passage (act of passing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “porção ou seção de um texto escrito; parágrafo, verso, etc”.
What does passagem mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepassage (act of passing)
- 2
femininepassageway (any way for passing in, out or through something)
- 3
feminineticket (pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation)
- 4
femininepassage (paragraph or section of text or music)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. porção ou seção de um texto escrito; parágrafo, verso, etc 2. uma divisão de uma obra musical 3. o ato ou efeito de passar de um lugar, condição, etc para outro 4. a permissão, direito ou liberdade de passar
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado da Paraíba 2. município brasileiro do estado do Rio Grande do Norte
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 passagem
- passagens plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce passagem?
- Brazil /paˈsa.ʒẽj̃/
- Brazil [paˈsa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]
- Portugal /pɐˈsa.ʒɐ̃j̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to passagem
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is passagem in Portuguese?
passagem appears 65 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).