clausura
Portuguese, noun/klawˈzu.ɾɐ/
clausura is spelled C-L-A-U-S-U-R-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 57,216th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clausura is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “clausure, enclosure, claustral confinement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nos conventos, recinto onde não podem entrar estranhos”.
What does clausura mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineclausure, enclosure, claustral confinement
- 2
feminineconvent
- 3
femininea cloistered life
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nos conventos, recinto onde não podem entrar estranhos 2. vida reclusa
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 clausura
- clausuras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce clausura?
- Brazil /klawˈzu.ɾɐ/
- Brazil [klaʊ̯ˈzu.ɾɐ]
- Portugal /klawˈzu.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to clausura
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is clausura in Portuguese?
clausura appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).