projeção
Portuguese, noun/pɾo.ʒeˈsɐ̃w̃/
projeção is spelled P-R-O-J-E-Ç-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,159th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Projeção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “projection (something which projects outwards)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de projetar”.
What does projeção mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprojection (something which projects outwards)
- 2
femininethe quality of something which projects outwards
- 3
feminineprojection (act of projecting, throwing)
- 4
feminineprojection (forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation)
- 5
feminineprojection (display of an image by a projector)
- 6
femininethe attribution of one’s emotions into another object or person
- 7
feminineprojection (image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions)
- 8
feminineprojection (system for representing a globe in a flat surface)
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 projetar 2. previsão, prognóstico 3. representação de uma figura ou sólido num plano 4. representação da geografia de uma área num plano
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 projeção
- projeções plural
- projecção alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce projeção?
- Brazil /pɾo.ʒeˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [pɾo.ʒeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /pɾu.ʒɛˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to projeção
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is projeção in Portuguese?
projeção appears 8.7 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).