aposta
Portuguese, noun/aˈpɔs.tɐ/
aposta is spelled A-P-O-S-T-A (6 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,381st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aposta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “bet (a wager)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of apostar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “afirmação feita por alguém sobre algo futuro ou desconhecido”.
What does aposta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebet (a wager)
- 2
feminineinvestment
- 3
femininecommitment
- 4
femininefocus
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of aposto
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of aposto
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. afirmação feita por alguém sobre algo futuro ou desconhecido 2. jogo (que comumente envolve custo) que pode resultar em prêmio se uma aposta (1) for bem sucedida 3. empreendimento arriscado 4. convicção, confiança
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 aposta
- apostas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aposta?
- Brazil /aˈpɔs.tɐ/
- /aˈpɔʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /ɐˈpɔʃ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aposta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aposta in Portuguese?
aposta appears 19 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).