procrastinação
Portuguese, noun/pɾo.kɾas.t͡ʃi.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
procrastinação is spelled P-R-O-C-R-A-S-T-I-N-A-Ç-Ã-O (14 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 48,837th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Procrastinação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “procrastination (act of postponing, delaying or putting off actions)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de procrastinar”.
What does procrastinação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprocrastination (act of postponing, delaying or putting off actions)
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 procrastinar 2. diferimento ou adiamento de uma ação
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 procrastinação
- procrastinações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce procrastinação?
- Brazil /pɾo.kɾas.t͡ʃi.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [pɾo.kɾas.t͡ʃi.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /pɾo.kɾaʃ.t͡ʃi.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to procrastinação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is procrastinação in Portuguese?
procrastinação appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).