trepanação
Portuguese, noun/tɾe.pa.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
trepanação is spelled T-R-E-P-A-N-A-Ç-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 107,947th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trepanação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “trepanation (drilling of a hole in the skull)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “procedimento cirúrgico que consiste em perfurar um osso, especialmente o crânio, com o objetivo de acessar o…”.
What does trepanação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetrepanation (drilling of a hole in the skull)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. procedimento cirúrgico que consiste em perfurar um osso, especialmente o crânio, com o objetivo de acessar o interior, aliviar pressão intracraniana, remover fragmentos ou tratar lesões; realizado com o uso de um trépano 2. técnica identificada em restos humanos pré-históricos, evidenciando práticas médicas ou rituais
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 trepanação
- trepanações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trepanação?
- Brazil /tɾe.pa.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [tɾe.pa.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /tɾɨ.pɐ.nɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to trepanação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trepanação in Portuguese?
trepanação 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).