engenharia
Portuguese, noun/ẽ.ʒẽ.ɲaˈɾi.ɐ/
engenharia is spelled E-N-G-E-N-H-A-R-I-A (10 letters) and appears 47 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,013th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Engenharia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “engineering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ciência e arte das construções civis e militares, sejam edifícios, máquinas, aparelhos, abertura de minas…”.
What does engenharia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineengineering
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ciência e arte das construções civis e militares, sejam edifícios, máquinas, aparelhos, abertura de minas, plantas topográficas, etc. 2. corporação militar que dirige e executa trabalhos em uma especialidade de engenharia¹ 3. curso superior, com sua respectiva especialidade
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 engenharia
- engenharias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engenharia?
- Brazil /ẽ.ʒẽ.ɲaˈɾi.ɐ/
- Brazil [ẽ.ʒẽ.j̃aˈɾi.ɐ]
- Brazil /ĩ.ʒẽ.ɲaˈɾi.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 engenharia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is engenharia in Portuguese?
engenharia appears 47 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).