precisão
Portuguese, noun/pɾe.siˈzɐ̃w̃/
precisão is spelled P-R-E-C-I-S-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,157th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Precisão is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “accuracy (state of being accurate)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de precisar, ter necessidade ou carência de algo”.
What does precisão mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaccuracy (state of being accurate)
- 2
colloquialfeminineneed
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 precisar, ter necessidade ou carência de algo: 2. ato ou efeito de precisar, especificar, tornar preciso e rigoroso: 3. pontualidade, exatidão e rigor quanto ao tempo: 4. qualidade de quem na linguagem é objetivo, conciso:
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 precisão
- precisões plural
- precisaõ alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce precisão?
- Brazil /pɾe.siˈzɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [pɾe.siˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /pɾɨ.siˈzɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to precisão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is precisão in Portuguese?
precisão appears 13 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).