pressão
Portuguese, noun/pɾeˈsɐ̃w̃/
pressão is spelled P-R-E-S-S-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears 85 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,145th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pressão is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pressure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “coação”.
What does pressão mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepressure
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. coação 2. força exercida em determinada área unitária de um corpo 3. a razão entre a força normal total aplicada e área pela qual esta se distribui
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 pressão
- pressões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pressão?
- Brazil /pɾeˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [pɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /pɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pressão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pressão in Portuguese?
pressão appears 85 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).