refutação
Portuguese, noun/ʁe.fu.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
refutação is spelled R-E-F-U-T-A-Ç-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 55,453rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Refutação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “refutation (an act of refuting)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de refutar”.
What does refutação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerefutation (an act of refuting)
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 refutar 2. razão que vai contra uma premissa, lema ou conclusão
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 refutação
- refutações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce refutação?
- Brazil /ʁe.fu.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [he.fu.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /ʁe.fu.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to refutação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is refutação in Portuguese?
refutação appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).