dente
Portuguese, noun/ˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/
dente is spelled D-E-N-T-E (5 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dente is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tooth (hard structure found in the jaws of most vertebrates)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of dentar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estrutura calcárea, dura, geralmente esmaltada, presente na boca dos animais vertebrados, usada para cortar…”.
What does dente mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetooth (hard structure found in the jaws of most vertebrates)
- 2
masculinetooth; prong; tine (sharp projection in a tool)
- 3
masculineclove (any of the pieces that make up a bulb of garlic)
Eu uso um ou dois dentes de alho?
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. estrutura calcárea, dura, geralmente esmaltada, presente na boca dos animais vertebrados, usada para cortar, arrancar, triturar e moer alimentos, assim como para defesa e ataque 2. saliência em uma superfície plana
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 dente
- dentes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dente?
- Brazil /ˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ˈdẽ.tɨ/
- /ˈdẽ.ti/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dente in Portuguese?
dente appears 15 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).