revelação
Portuguese, noun/ʁe.ve.laˈsɐ̃w̃/
revelação is spelled R-E-V-E-L-A-Ç-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Revelação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “revelation (the act of revealing or disclosing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de revelar”.
What does revelação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerevelation (the act of revealing or disclosing)
- 2
femininethe act of developing a photograph
- 3
femininerevelation (something that is revealed)
- 4
femininerevelation (manifestation of divine truth)
- 5
femininerevelation (a great, sudden success)
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 revelar 2. coisa revelada; denúncia; confidência; manifestação; prova 3. segundo a mitologia cristã, ação sobrenatural pela qual supostamente Deus faz conhecer verdades, quer as que o homem poderá descobrir, quer as que ultrapassam a capacidade da inteligência humana 4. operação química que faz aparecer a imagem no material fotográfico impressionado pela luz
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 revelação
- revelações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce revelação?
- Brazil /ʁe.ve.laˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [he.ve.laˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /ʁe.ve.laˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to revelação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is revelação in Portuguese?
revelação appears 14 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).