ensinamento
Portuguese, noun/ẽ.si.naˈmẽ.tu/
ensinamento is spelled E-N-S-I-N-A-M-E-N-T-O (11 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,592nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ensinamento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “the act of teaching something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de ensinar”.
What does ensinamento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe act of teaching something
- 2
masculineteaching (something taught, especially by a religious or philosophical authority)
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 ensinar 2. aula, ministração 3. ideologia, doutrina
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 ensinamento
- ensinamentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ensinamento?
- Brazil /ẽ.si.naˈmẽ.tu/
- Brazil /ĩ.si.naˈmẽ.tu/
- Portugal /ẽ.si.nɐˈmẽ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ensinamento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ensinamento in Portuguese?
ensinamento appears 1.8 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).