privação
Portuguese, noun/pɾi.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/
privação is spelled P-R-I-V-A-Ç-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,529th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Privação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “privation, deprivation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de privar”.
What does privação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprivation, deprivation
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 privar
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 privação
- privações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce privação?
- Brazil /pɾi.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [pɾi.vaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /pɾi.vɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to privação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is privação in Portuguese?
privação appears 2.3 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).