betume
Portuguese, noun/beˈtũ.mi/
betume is spelled B-E-T-U-M-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 73,814th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Betume is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “bitumen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “substância combustível mineral natural rica em carbono e hidrogênio, produto da descomposição e mineralização…”.
What does betume mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebitumen
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. substância combustível mineral natural rica em carbono e hidrogênio, produto da descomposição e mineralização da matéria orgânica 2. massa de grés com óleo de linhaça e outros ingredientes para vedações e fixações
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 betume
- betumes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce betume?
- Brazil /beˈtũ.mi/
- Portugal /bɨˈtu.mɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to betume
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is betume in Portuguese?
betume appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).