amuleto
Portuguese, noun/a.muˈle.tu/
amuleto is spelled A-M-U-L-E-T-O (7 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 24,882nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amuleto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “amulet (object intended to bring protection to its owner)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “objeto que se usa por superstição, atribuindo-lhe virtude de afastar malefícios”.
What does amuleto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineamulet (object intended to bring protection to its owner)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. objeto que se usa por superstição, atribuindo-lhe virtude de afastar malefícios
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 amuleto
- amuletos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amuleto?
- Brazil /a.muˈle.tu/
- Portugal /ɐ.muˈle.tu/
- [ˌamuˈleːtu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amuleto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amuleto in Portuguese?
amuleto appears 1.7 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).