contraste
Portuguese, noun/kõˈtɾas.t͡ʃi/
contraste is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-S-T-E (9 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,384th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contraste is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “contrast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of contrastar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “diferença em luz, brilho, tom entre duas cores que as fazem mais ou menos distinguíveis”.
What does contraste mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecontrast
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. diferença em luz, brilho, tom entre duas cores que as fazem mais ou menos distinguíveis 2. diferença entre dois objetos, pessoas, conceitos 3. um controle num aparelho de televisão que ajusta as imagens apresentadas
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 contraste
- contrastes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contraste?
- Brazil /kõˈtɾas.t͡ʃi/
- /kõˈtɾaʃ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /kõˈtɾaʃ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contraste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contraste in Portuguese?
contraste appears 12 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).