acróstico
Portuguese, noun/aˈkɾɔs.t͡ʃi.ku/
acróstico is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “acrostic (poem or text with certain letters spelling out a name or message)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “forma textual onde as primeiras letras de cada frase ou verso formam uma palavra ou frase”.
What does acróstico mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineacrostic (poem or text with certain letters spelling out a name or message)
adjective
- 1
acrostical (like an acrostic)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. forma textual onde as primeiras letras de cada frase ou verso formam uma palavra ou frase
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 acróstico
- acrósticos plural
- acróstica feminine
- acrósticas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acróstico?
- Brazil /aˈkɾɔs.t͡ʃi.ku/
- /aˈkɾɔʃ.t͡ʃi.ku/
- Portugal /ɐˈkɾɔʃ.ti.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acróstico
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acróstico in Portuguese?
acróstico appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).