Portuguese Etymology Learned borrowing from Late Latin cōnstēllātiōnem. Pronunciation (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõs.te.laˈsɐ̃w̃/ [kõs.te.laˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃] (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõs.te.laˈsɐ̃w̃/ [kõs.te.laˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃] (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõʃ.te.laˈsɐ̃w̃/ [kõʃ.te.laˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃] (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõʃ.tɨ.lɐˈsɐ̃w̃/ Hyphenation: cons‧te‧la‧ção Noun constelação f (plural constelações) (astronomy, collective) constellation Derived terms constelar Further reading “constelação”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.