ensino
Portuguese, noun/ẽˈsi.nu/
ensino is spelled E-N-S-I-N-O (6 letters) and appears 105 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 934th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ensino is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “teaching (the profession of teaching)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of ensinar; "I teach". The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de ensinar”.
What does ensino mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineteaching (the profession of teaching)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of ensinar; "I teach"
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de ensinar 2. instrução 3. educação 4. castigo
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 ensino
- ensinos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ensino?
- Portugal /ẽˈsi.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ensino
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ensino in Portuguese?
ensino appears 105 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).