provação
Portuguese, noun/pɾo.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/
provação is spelled P-R-O-V-A-Ç-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,005th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Provação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ordeal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “situação penosa, difícil; sofrimento”.
What does provação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineordeal
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. situação penosa, difícil; sofrimento
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 provação
- provações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce provação?
- Brazil /pɾo.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [pɾo.vaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /pɾu.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 provação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is provação in Portuguese?
provação appears 1.4 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).