empréstimo
Portuguese, noun/ẽˈpɾɛs.t͡ʃi.mu/
empréstimo is spelled E-M-P-R-É-S-T-I-M-O (10 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,076th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empréstimo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “loan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de emprestar”.
What does empréstimo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineloan
- 2
masculineloanword, foreign word, borrowing
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 emprestar 2. aquilo que se empresta
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 empréstimo
- empréstimos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empréstimo?
- Brazil /ẽˈpɾɛs.t͡ʃi.mu/
- Brazil /ĩˈpɾɛs.t͡ʃi.mu/
- /ẽˈpɾɛʃ.t͡ʃi.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to empréstimo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is empréstimo in Portuguese?
empréstimo appears 16 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).