percolação
Portuguese, noun/peʁ.ko.laˈsɐ̃w̃/
percolação is spelled P-E-R-C-O-L-A-Ç-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 122,069th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Percolação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “percolation (seepage or filtration of a liquid through porous material)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “extração exaustiva de um princípio ativo”.
What does percolação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepercolation (seepage or filtration of a liquid through porous material)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. extração exaustiva de um princípio ativo 2. fluxo da água através do solo
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 percolação
- percolações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce percolação?
- Brazil /peʁ.ko.laˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [peh.ko.laˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /peɾ.ko.laˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to percolação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is percolação in Portuguese?
percolação appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).