segregação
Portuguese, noun/se.ɡɾe.ɡaˈsɐ̃w̃/
segregação is spelled S-E-G-R-E-G-A-Ç-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,223rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Segregação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “segregation (that act or practice of keeping things or people apart)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de segregar”.
What does segregação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesegregation (that act or practice of keeping things or people apart)
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 segregar
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 segregação
- segregações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce segregação?
- Brazil /se.ɡɾe.ɡaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [se.ɡɾe.ɡaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /sɨ.ɡɾɨ.ɡɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to segregação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is segregação in Portuguese?
segregação appears 3.0 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).