transubstanciação
Portuguese, noun/tɾɐ̃.subs.tɐ̃.si.aˈsɐ̃w̃/
transubstanciação is spelled T-R-A-N-S-U-B-S-T-A-N-C-I-A-Ç-Ã-O (17 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 98,532nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Transubstanciação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “transubstantiation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mudança de uma substância noutra”.
What does transubstanciação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetransubstantiation
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mudança de uma substância noutra 2. dentro da simbologia da fé católica, suposta transformação da substância do pão e do vinho no corpo e no sangue de Jesus, realizada no rito da eucaristia
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 transubstanciação
- transubstanciações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce transubstanciação?
- Brazil /tɾɐ̃.subs.tɐ̃.si.aˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [tɾɐ̃.subs.tɐ̃.si.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /tɾɐ̃.subs.tɐ̃.sjaˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to transubstanciação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is transubstanciação in Portuguese?
transubstanciação appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).