zoação
Portuguese, noun/zu.aˈsɐ̃w̃/
zoação is spelled Z-O-A-Ç-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 75,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zoação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “mockery, ridicule” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “brincadeira, palhaçada, gozação”.
What does zoação mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininemockery, ridicule
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. brincadeira, palhaçada, gozação
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 zoação
- zoações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zoação?
- Brazil /zu.aˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [zu.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /zwaˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zoação in Portuguese?
zoação appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).