criptografia
Portuguese, noun/ˌkɾip.to.ɡɾaˈfi.ɐ/
criptografia is spelled C-R-I-P-T-O-G-R-A-F-I-A (12 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,397th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Criptografia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cryptography (discipline concerned with communication security)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estudo dos princípios e técnicas pelas quais a informação pode ser transformada da sua forma original para…”.
What does criptografia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecryptography (discipline concerned with communication security)
- 2
femininean encryption technique
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estudo dos princípios e técnicas pelas quais a informação pode ser transformada da sua forma original para outra ilegível, de forma que possa ser conhecida apenas por seu destinatário (detentor da "chave secreta"), o que a torna difícil de ser lida por alguém não autorizado 2. o mesmo que ocultismo
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 criptografia
- criptografias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce criptografia?
- Brazil /ˌkɾip.to.ɡɾaˈfi.ɐ/
- Brazil /ˌkɾi.pi.to.ɡɾaˈfi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ˌkɾip.tɔ.ɡɾɐˈfi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to criptografia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is criptografia in Portuguese?
criptografia appears 4.9 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).