cobertura
Portuguese, noun/ko.beʁˈtu.ɾɐ/
cobertura is spelled C-O-B-E-R-T-U-R-A (9 letters) and appears 48 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,967th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cobertura is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “the act of covering something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o que serve para cobrir; cobrimento”.
What does cobertura mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethe act of covering something
Vi a cobertura do campo pela neve.
- 2
femininecover (anything which covers other things)
A cobertura da caixa é resistente.
- 3
femininepenthouse (apartment on the top floor of a building)
Quem tem dinheiro prefere morar na cobertura.
- 4
femininefunds for redeeming a cheque
Não te preocupes, meu cheque tem cobertura.
- 5
femininenews coverage (a media organization’s account of an occurrence)
A cobertura das eleições pelo jornal foi breve.
- 6
feminineprotection from enemy fire
Corre para o outro lado enquanto eu te dou cobertura.
- 7
femininethe act of preventing adversaries from reaching a team
O meio-campista lhe deu cobertura enquanto corria para o gol.
- 8
femininecontents of the topmost layer of soil
Margens com cobertura vegetal sofrem menos erosão.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o que serve para cobrir; cobrimento 2. existência suficiente de dinheiro depositado 3. tropas que protegem as formações principais 4. reportagem
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 cobertura
- coberturas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cobertura?
- Brazil /ko.beʁˈtu.ɾɐ/
- Brazil [ko.behˈtu.ɾɐ]
- Brazil /ku.beʁˈtu.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 cobertura
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cobertura in Portuguese?
cobertura appears 48 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).