argumento
Portuguese, noun/aʁ.ɡuˈmẽ.tu/
argumento is spelled A-R-G-U-M-E-N-T-O (9 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,385th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Argumento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “argument (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of argumentar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “raciocínio que leva à dedução ou indução de uma ideia”.
What does argumento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineargument (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)
- 2
masculinesynopsis
- 3
masculinescript, screenplay
- 4
masculineplot, storyline
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of argumentar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. raciocínio que leva à dedução ou indução de uma ideia 2. prova que corrobora ou refuta um fato 3. retórica que visa o convencimento de alguém para uma ideia 4. contenda
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 argumento
- argumentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce argumento?
- Brazil /aʁ.ɡuˈmẽ.tu/
- Brazil [aɦ.ɡuˈmẽ.tu]
- /aɾ.ɡuˈmẽ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to argumento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is argumento in Portuguese?
argumento appears 26 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).