saudação
Portuguese, noun/saw.daˈsɐ̃w̃/
saudação is spelled S-A-U-D-A-Ç-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,278th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Saudação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “greeting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de saudar”.
What does saudação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegreeting
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 saudar 2. expressão ou gesto de cortesia ou de felicitação: 3. expressão ou gesto de respeito, deferência e/ou apreço: 4. interjeições específicas ditas aos orixás quando são incoporados
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 saudação
- saudações plural
- saùdação alternative
- saüdação alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce saudação?
- Brazil /saw.daˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [saʊ̯.daˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /sa.u.daˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to saudação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is saudação in Portuguese?
saudação appears 3.6 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).