povoação
Portuguese, noun/po.vo.aˈsɐ̃w̃/
povoação is spelled P-O-V-O-A-Ç-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,810th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Povoação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “settlement (settled location)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de povoar”.
What does povoação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesettlement (settled location)
- 2
femininesettlement (the process through which a place becomes populated or settled)
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 povoar; 2. povoado, aldeia:
noun: 1. município e freguesia portugueses da região autónoma dos Açores
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 povoação
- povoações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce povoação?
- Brazil /po.vo.aˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [po.vo.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /po.vu.aˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to povoação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is povoação in Portuguese?
povoação appears 2.2 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).