empreitada
Portuguese, noun/ẽ.pɾejˈta.dɐ/
empreitada is spelled E-M-P-R-E-I-T-A-D-A (10 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,997th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empreitada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “contract, agreement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of empreitado. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “obra contratada e cobrada por projeto apresentado antecipadamente, em oposição à obra em que se paga pelo…”.
What does empreitada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecontract, agreement
- 2
feminineenterprise (venture)
- 3
feminineendeavour; an arduous task
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of empreitado
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. obra contratada e cobrada por projeto apresentado antecipadamente, em oposição à obra em que se paga pelo trabalho diário 2. obra realizada por empreiteira 3. aventura, missão 4. serviço remunerado com prazo para o fim
noun: 1. conjunto de empreitas (tiras da fibra do esparto) costuradas; esteira larga 2. serviço feito por esparteiro
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 empreitada
- empreitadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empreitada?
- Brazil /ẽ.pɾejˈta.dɐ/
- Brazil [ẽ.pɾeɪ̯ˈta.dɐ]
- Brazil /ĩ.pɾejˈta.dɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to empreitada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is empreitada in Portuguese?
empreitada appears 2.8 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).