substantivação
Portuguese, noun/su.bis.tɐ̃.t͡ʃi.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/
substantivação is spelled S-U-B-S-T-A-N-T-I-V-A-Ç-Ã-O (14 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written Portuguese, the 233,859th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Substantivação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “nominalization (use of a non-noun as a noun)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação ou resultado de substantivar; transformação de uma palavra de outra classe gramatical em substantivo”.
What does substantivação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenominalization (use of a non-noun as a noun)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ação ou resultado de substantivar; transformação de uma palavra de outra classe gramatical em substantivo
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 substantivação
- substantivações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce substantivação?
- Brazil /su.bis.tɐ̃.t͡ʃi.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [su.bis.tɐ̃.t͡ʃi.vaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /subs.tɐ̃.t͡ʃi.vaˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to substantivação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is substantivação in Portuguese?
substantivação appears about once in every 72 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).