alento
Portuguese, noun/aˈlẽ.tu/
alento is spelled A-L-E-N-T-O (6 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,895th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “courage, will” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of alentar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “respiração, fôlego”.
What does alento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecourage, will
Zélia estava radiante. Encheu-se a casa de alegria nova. Por minha vez, experimentava grande júbilo na alma. Profundo alento e belas esperanças revigoravam-me o ser.
- 2
masculinebreath
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of alentar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. respiração, fôlego 2. ânimo, entusiasmo 3. aquilo que nutre, revigora, fortalece
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 alento
- alentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alento?
- Brazil /aˈlẽ.tu/
- Portugal /ɐˈlẽ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alento in Portuguese?
alento appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).