amianto
Portuguese, noun/a.miˈɐ̃.tu/
amianto is spelled A-M-I-A-N-T-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,057th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amianto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “asbestos (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “designação comercial genérica para a variedade fibrosa de seis minerais metamórficos de ocorrência natural…”.
What does amianto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineasbestos (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. designação comercial genérica para a variedade fibrosa de seis minerais metamórficos de ocorrência natural utilizados em vários produtos comerciais
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 amianto
- amiantos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amianto?
- Brazil /a.miˈɐ̃.tu/
- Brazil /aˈmjɐ̃.tu/
- Portugal /ɐˈmjɐ̃.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 amianto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amianto in Portuguese?
amianto appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).