app
Portuguese, noun/ˈɛ.pi/
app is spelled A-P-P (3 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,707th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). App is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “app (small computer application)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aplicativo, aplicação”.
What does app mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Área de Preservação Permanente
noun: 1. aplicativo, aplicação
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 app
- apps plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce app?
- Brazil /ˈɛ.pi/
- Brazil /ˌaˌpeˈpe/
- Portugal /ˈa.pɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to app
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is app in Portuguese?
app appears 17 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).