reação
Portuguese, noun/ʁe.aˈsɐ̃w̃/
reação is spelled R-E-A-Ç-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears 51 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,846th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “reaction (action in response to an event)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação provocada em razão de uma outra anteriormente ocorrida”.
What does reação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininereaction (action in response to an event)
- 2
femininereaction
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ação provocada em razão de uma outra anteriormente ocorrida
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 reação
- reações plural
- reacção alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce reação?
- Brazil /ʁe.aˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [he.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /ʁe.aˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to reação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is reação in Portuguese?
reação appears 51 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).