aresta
Portuguese, noun/aˈɾɛs.tɐ/
aresta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “edge (joining line between two vertices of a polygon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “elemento de um polígono ou poliedro, intersecção entre dois planos”.
What does aresta mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineedge (joining line between two vertices of a polygon)
- 2
feminineline (edge of a graph)
- 3
feminineedge (any of the pairs of vertices in a graph)
- 4
feminineridge (line of intersection)
- 5
femininecucurbit beetle
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. elemento de um polígono ou poliedro, intersecção entre dois planos 2. partícula vegetal aguçada 3. pendência ou divergência, que impede o andamento de um projeto ou um consenso entre as partes
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 aresta
- arestas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aresta?
- Brazil /aˈɾɛs.tɐ/
- /aˈɾɛʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /ɐˈɾɛʃ.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 aresta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aresta in Portuguese?
aresta appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).