violação
Portuguese, noun/vi.o.laˈsɐ̃w̃/
violação is spelled V-I-O-L-A-Ç-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,546th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Violação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “transgression; violation (act or instance of not acting according to the rules or conventions)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “não cumprimento da lei, desrespeito à lei; infração”.
What does violação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetransgression; violation (act or instance of not acting according to the rules or conventions)
- 2
femininerape; violation (unconsented sex)
- 3
femininethe illegal crossing of an international border
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. não cumprimento da lei, desrespeito à lei; infração 2. cópula ilícita com qualquer parceiro/a contra a sua vontade recorrendo à violência física, a veemente intimidação ou a qualquer fraude que não constitua sedução ou, ainda, estando o parceiro/a privado do uso da razão ou dos sentidos
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 violação
- violações plural
- violaçaõ alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce violação?
- Brazil /vi.o.laˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [vi.o.laˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /vjo.laˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to violação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is violação in Portuguese?
violação appears 18 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).