Polyglot Dictionary

infiltração

/ĩfiwtɾaˈsɐ̃w/

a noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as infiltrações

Meaning

  1. leak

    • Há infiltração na parede.

      There's seepage in the wall.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

goteira

goteira is a specific roof leak, from rain into a house; infiltração is water seepage through walls, more gradual — both mean "leak."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

gotera

gotera is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "leak."

French

fuite

fuite is the French word for the same thing — both mean "leak."

Practice

1 What does infiltração mean?

2 Fill the gap: Há ___ na parede.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches infiltração?

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