pontuação
Portuguese, noun/põ.tu.aˈsɐ̃w̃/
pontuação is spelled P-O-N-T-U-A-Ç-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,991st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pontuação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “punctuation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de pontuar”.
What does pontuação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepunctuation
- 2
femininescore
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 pontuar 2. marcação e/ou contagem de pontos: 3. número de pontos atribuídos em teste ou jogo: 4. conjunto de sinais gráficos e respectivas regras de aplicação:
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 pontuação
- pontuações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pontuação?
- Brazil /põ.tu.aˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [põ.tu.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /põ.twaˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pontuação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pontuação in Portuguese?
pontuação appears 11 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).