posição
Portuguese, noun/po.ziˈsɐ̃w̃/
posição is spelled P-O-S-I-Ç-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears 138 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 714th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Posição is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “position (place, location)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lugar, localização no espaço”.
What does posição mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineposition (place, location)
- 2
feminineposture (way a person holds and positions their body)
- 3
feminineposition (place assigned to a player)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lugar, localização no espaço 2. posto, colocação em uma hierarquia 3. função desempenhada por uma pessoa em uma determinada empresa 4. opinião ou ponto de vista face a algo
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 posição
- posições plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce posição?
- Brazil /po.ziˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [po.ziˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /pu.ziˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to posição
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is posição in Portuguese?
posição appears 138 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).