apóstolo
Portuguese, noun/aˈpɔs.to.lu/
apóstolo is spelled A-P-Ó-S-T-O-L-O (8 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,093rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apóstolo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “apostle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “um dos 12 escolhidos por Jesus Cristo para pregar o Evangelho”.
What does apóstolo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineapostle
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. um dos 12 escolhidos por Jesus Cristo para pregar o Evangelho 2. seus sucessores, ou seja, os bispos católicos e também os bispos evangélicos 3. pregador de ideia ou doutrina
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 apóstolo
- apóstolos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apóstolo?
- Brazil /aˈpɔs.to.lu/
- /aˈpɔʃ.to.lu/
- Portugal /ɐˈpɔʃ.tu.lu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to apóstolo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apóstolo in Portuguese?
apóstolo appears 4.1 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).