sucateamento
Portuguese, noun/su.ka.te.aˈmẽ.tu/
sucateamento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “degradation or devaluation of a public institution due to lack of funding, maintenance, care, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does sucateamento mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinedegradation or devaluation of a public institution due to lack of funding, maintenance, care, etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of sucateamento
- sucateamentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sucateamento?
- Brazil /su.ka.te.aˈmẽ.tu/
- Portugal /su.kɐ.tjɐˈmẽ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sucateamento in Portuguese?
sucateamento appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).