apertamento
Portuguese, noun/a.peʁ.taˈmẽ.tu/
apertamento is spelled A-P-E-R-T-A-M-E-N-T-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written Portuguese, the 207,250th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apertamento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “the act of pressing, clenching or tightening” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aperto, ato de apertar”.
What does apertamento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe act of pressing, clenching or tightening
- 2
masculineclenching (excessive clenching of one’s jaw)
noun
- 1
masculinea very small apartment; microflat; microapartment
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aperto, ato de apertar 2. apartamento muito pequeno
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 apertamento
- apertamentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apertamento?
- Brazil /a.peʁ.taˈmẽ.tu/
- Brazil [a.peh.taˈmẽ.tu]
- /a.peɾ.taˈmẽ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is apertamento in Portuguese?
apertamento appears about once in every 55 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).