retroalimentação
Portuguese, noun/ˌʁɛ.tɾo.a.li.mẽ.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
retroalimentação is spelled R-E-T-R-O-A-L-I-M-E-N-T-A-Ç-Ã-O (16 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 76,181st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retroalimentação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “feedback (the looping of a signal back into a system)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “reação a um estímulo, efeito retroativo ou informação que o emissor obtém da reação do receptor à sua…”.
What does retroalimentação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefeedback (the looping of a signal back into a system)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. reação a um estímulo, efeito retroativo ou informação que o emissor obtém da reação do receptor à sua mensagem, e que serve para avaliar os resultados da transmissão, ou até mesmo dar uma resposta
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 retroalimentação
- retroalimentações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retroalimentação?
- Brazil /ˌʁɛ.tɾo.a.li.mẽ.taˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ˌhɛ.tɾo.a.li.mẽ.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to retroalimentação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is retroalimentação in Portuguese?
retroalimentação appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).