contraforte
Portuguese, noun/kõ.tɾaˈfɔʁ.t͡ʃi/
contraforte is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-F-O-R-T-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 78,593rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contraforte is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “buttress (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “forro que reforça o calçado na parte em que se assenta o calcanhar”.
What does contraforte mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebuttress (brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it)
- 2
masculinebuttress (feature jutting out from mountain)
- 3
masculinebuttress (anything that serves to support something else)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. forro que reforça o calçado na parte em que se assenta o calcanhar 2. peça de estofo com que se reforça outra 3. edificação com que se reforça uma muralha 4. ligação das alhetas com o cadaste nos navios
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 contraforte
- contrafortes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contraforte?
- Brazil /kõ.tɾaˈfɔʁ.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [kõ.tɾaˈfɔh.t͡ʃi]
- /kõ.tɾaˈfɔɾ.t͡ʃi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contraforte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contraforte in Portuguese?
contraforte appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).