alto
Portuguese, adjective/ˈaw.tu/
alto is spelled A-L-T-O (4 letters) and appears 182 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 519th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alto is a Portuguese adjective meaning “loud” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “de muita estatura”.
What does alto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
loud
- 2
tall
- 3
high
- 4
informalexcessive, extreme
adverb
- 1
loud; loudly
interjection
- 1
halt!
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. de muita estatura 2. que está acima do observador 3. que tem altura; elevado, profundo 4. ilustrado, soberbo, importante, caro, difícil
adverb: 1. de forma elevada; de maneira intensa
noun: 1. pessoa de muita estatura
noun: 1. altura; elevação; pináculo; cume; o céu 2. inchaço, hematoma
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 alto
- alta feminine
- altos masculine plural
- altas feminine plural
- mais alto comparative
- o mais alto superlative
- altíssimo superlative
- altinho diminutive
- altão augmentative
- alto! canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alto?
- Brazil /ˈaw.tu/
- Brazil [ˈaʊ̯.tu]
- Portugal /ˈal.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 alto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alto in Portuguese?
alto appears 182 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).