enfiteuse
Portuguese, noun/ẽ.fiˈtew.zi/
enfiteuse is spelled E-N-F-I-T-E-U-S-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written Portuguese, the 172,935th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enfiteuse is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “emphyteusis (long-term right to use a property on condition of taking care of it and paying taxes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does enfiteuse mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineemphyteusis (long-term right to use a property on condition of taking care of it and paying taxes)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of enfiteuse
- enfiteuses plural
- emphyteuse alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enfiteuse?
- Brazil /ẽ.fiˈtew.zi/
- Brazil [ẽ.fiˈteʊ̯.zi]
- Brazil /ĩ.fiˈtew.zi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is enfiteuse in Portuguese?
enfiteuse appears about once in every 36 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).