enigma
Portuguese, noun/eˈni.ɡi.mɐ/
enigma is spelled E-N-I-G-M-A (6 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,840th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enigma is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “enigma” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “coisa obscura e difícil de compreender”.
What does enigma mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineenigma
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. coisa obscura e difícil de compreender 2. adivinha
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 enigma
- enigmas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enigma?
- Brazil /eˈni.ɡi.mɐ/
- Brazil /eˈniɡ.mɐ/
- Portugal /iˈniɡ.mɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enigma
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enigma in Portuguese?
enigma appears 4.7 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).