abreviatura
Portuguese, noun/a.bɾe.vi.aˈtu.ɾɐ/
abreviatura is spelled A-B-R-E-V-I-A-T-U-R-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 48,304th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abreviatura is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “an abbreviation, initialism, or acronym” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “símbolo, letra ou letras que substituem uma palavra ou uma expressão”.
What does abreviatura mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininean abbreviation, initialism, or acronym
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. símbolo, letra ou letras que substituem uma palavra ou uma expressão 2. resumo
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 abreviatura
- abreviaturas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abreviatura?
- Brazil /a.bɾe.vi.aˈtu.ɾɐ/
- Brazil /a.bɾe.vjaˈtu.ɾɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.bɾɨ.vjɐˈtu.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abreviatura
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abreviatura in Portuguese?
abreviatura appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).