sugestão
Portuguese, noun/su.ʒesˈtɐ̃w̃/
sugestão is spelled S-U-G-E-S-T-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,830th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sugestão is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “suggestion (act or effect of suggesting)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o ato de sugerir”.
What does sugestão mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesuggestion (act or effect of suggesting)
- 2
feminineproposal (that which is suggested)
- 3
feminineinspiration, stimulus
- 4
feminineinsinuation (something that is implied)
- 5
femininehypnotism (process by which one's decision-making power is controlled)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o ato de sugerir 2. palpite 3. opinião 4. o fato de se controlar a vontade de alguém
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 sugestão
- sugestões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sugestão?
- Brazil /su.ʒesˈtɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [su.ʒesˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /su.ʒeʃˈtɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sugestão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sugestão in Portuguese?
sugestão appears 13 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).