transliteração
Portuguese, noun/tɾɐ̃z.li.te.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/
transliteração is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “transliteration (act of transliterating)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de transliterar”.
What does transliteração mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetransliteration (act of transliterating)
- 2
femininetransliteration (text which has been transliterated)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de transliterar
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 transliteração
- transliterações plural
- translitteração alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce transliteração?
- Brazil /tɾɐ̃z.li.te.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [tɾɐ̃z.li.te.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /tɾɐ̃ʒ.li.te.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to transliteração
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is transliteração in Portuguese?
transliteração 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).