costura
Portuguese, noun/kusˈtu.ɾɐ/
costura is spelled C-O-S-T-U-R-A (7 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,809th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Costura is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sewing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of costurar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de coser”.
What does costura mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesewing
- 2
femininestitches
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-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. ato ou efeito de coser 2. peça utilizada na escalada, dotada de dois mosquetões intermediados por uma fita; uma das pontas é colocada em um ponto fixo na rocha e a outra é por onde a corda passa
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 costura
- costuras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce costura?
- Brazil /kusˈtu.ɾɐ/
- Brazil /kosˈtu.ɾɐ/
- /kuʃˈtu.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 costura
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is costura in Portuguese?
costura appears 5.2 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).