aoristo
Portuguese, noun/a.oˈɾis.tu/
aoristo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “aorist (one of the indefinite tenses of the Greek conjugation that indicates pure and simple action, with no idea of duration)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tempo da conjugação verbal, em grego, que indica uma ação, sem definir se essa ação já acabou ou ainda…”.
What does aoristo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaorist (one of the indefinite tenses of the Greek conjugation that indicates pure and simple action, with no idea of duration)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tempo da conjugação verbal, em grego, que indica uma ação, sem definir se essa ação já acabou ou ainda continua
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 aoristo
- aoristos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aoristo?
- Brazil /a.oˈɾis.tu/
- /a.oˈɾiʃ.tu/
- Portugal /ɐ.uˈɾiʃ.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 aoristo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aoristo in Portuguese?
aoristo appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).