vocação
Portuguese, noun/vo.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
vocação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “vocation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de chamar ou invocar”.
What does vocação mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevocation
- 2
femininecalling
- 3
feminineinclination
- 4
femininetalent
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de chamar ou invocar 2. predestinação, desígnio, escolha, chamamento 3. tendência, inclinação 4. talento, aptidão, pendor
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 vocação
- vocações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vocação?
- Brazil /vo.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [vo.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /vu.kɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vocação
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vocação in Portuguese?
vocação appears 5.4 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).