tição
Portuguese, noun/t͡ʃiˈsɐ̃w̃/
tição is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “firebrand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pedaço de madeira mal queimada”.
What does tição mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefirebrand
- 2
masculineember, live coal
- 3
Brazilcolloquialmasculinevery dirty person
- 4
Brazilcolloquialderogatorymasculinevery dark person
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pedaço de madeira mal queimada 2. carvão 3. pessoa de tez muito suja 4. pessoa de tez muito escura
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 tição
- tições plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tição?
- Brazil /t͡ʃiˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [t͡ʃiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /tiˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tição
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tição in Portuguese?
tição appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).