proporção
Portuguese, noun/pɾo.poʁˈsɐ̃w̃/
proporção is spelled P-R-O-P-O-R-Ç-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,280th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Proporção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “proportion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relação de uma coisa com outra ou com um todo”.
What does proporção mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineproportion
- 2
femininecomparison
- 3
feminineaccordance
- 4
femininesymmetry
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. relação de uma coisa com outra ou com um todo 2. comparação 3. dimensão 4. igualdade matemática entre duas ou mais razões
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 proporção
- proporções plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce proporção?
- Brazil /pɾo.poʁˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [pɾo.pohˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to proporção
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is proporção in Portuguese?
proporção appears 12 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).