sobrepopulação
Portuguese, noun/so.bɾe.po.pu.laˈsɐ̃w̃/
sobrepopulação is spelled S-O-B-R-E-P-O-P-U-L-A-Ç-Ã-O (14 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written Portuguese, the 161,170th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sobrepopulação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “overpopulation (population larger than a region can hold)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does sobrepopulação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineoverpopulation (population larger than a region can hold)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of sobrepopulação
- sobrepopulações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sobrepopulação?
- Brazil /so.bɾe.po.pu.laˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [so.bɾe.po.pu.laˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /su.bɾɨ.pu.pu.lɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sobrepopulação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sobrepopulação in Portuguese?
sobrepopulação appears about once in every 31 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).