ensaio
Portuguese, noun/ẽˈsaj.u/
ensaio is spelled E-N-S-A-I-O (6 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,464th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ensaio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “essay (written composition)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of ensaiar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “meio empregado para testar se algo convém ao fim a que se destina”.
What does ensaio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineessay (written composition)
- 2
masculinean instance of practicing, rehearsal
- 3
masculinea trial or test
um balão de ensaio
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of ensaiar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. meio empregado para testar se algo convém ao fim a que se destina 2. primeira prova 3. execução preparatória de uma peça musical, teatral ou outra 4. obra literária em que se analisam ideias profundamente meditadas
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 ensaio
- ensaios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ensaio?
- Brazil /ẽˈsaj.u/
- Brazil [ẽˈsaɪ̯.u]
- Brazil /ĩˈsaj.u/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ensaio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ensaio in Portuguese?
ensaio appears 25 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).