asfalto
Portuguese, noun/asˈfaw.tu/
asfalto is spelled A-S-F-A-L-T-O (7 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Asfalto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “asphalt (asphalt concrete)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of asfaltar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “betume escuro, espesso e luzidio”.
What does asfalto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineasphalt (asphalt concrete)
- 2
Brazilmasculinethe developed part of a metropolitan city, as opposed to the (unasphalted) favelas
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of asfaltar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. betume escuro, espesso e luzidio
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 asfalto
- asfaltos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce asfalto?
- Brazil /asˈfaw.tu/
- Brazil [asˈfaʊ̯.tu]
- /aʃˈfaw.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 asfalto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is asfalto in Portuguese?
asfalto appears 5.5 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).