sofisticação
Portuguese, noun/so.fis.t͡ʃi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
sofisticação is spelled S-O-F-I-S-T-I-C-A-Ç-Ã-O (12 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 28,900th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sofisticação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sophistication” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de sofisticar”.
What does sofisticação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesophistication
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 sofisticar
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 sofisticação
- sofisticações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sofisticação?
- Brazil /so.fis.t͡ʃi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [so.fis.t͡ʃi.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /so.fiʃ.t͡ʃi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sofisticação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sofisticação in Portuguese?
sofisticação appears 1.3 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).