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sublimação

Portuguese, noun/su.bli.maˈsɐ̃w̃/

sublimação is spelled S-U-B-L-I-M-A-Ç-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 53,784th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sublimação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sublimation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de sublimar”.

What does sublimação mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininesublimation

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ato de sublimar 2. passagem direta do estado sólido ao gasoso

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 sublimação

  • sublimações plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce sublimação?

  • Brazil /su.bli.maˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • Brazil [su.bli.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • Portugal /su.bli.mɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to sublimação

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is sublimação in Portuguese?

sublimação appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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