refinação
Portuguese, noun/ʁe.fi.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
refinação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “refining” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de refinar”.
What does refinação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerefining
- 2
femininerefinement
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 refinar 2. lugar onde se refina
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 refinação
- refinações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce refinação?
- Brazil /ʁe.fi.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [he.fi.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /ʁe.fi.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is refinação in Portuguese?
refinação appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).