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envolvente

Portuguese, adjective

envolvente is spelled E-N-V-O-L-V-E-N-T-E (10 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,653rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Envolvente is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “captivating, engaging, absorbing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que envolve”.

What does envolvente mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinecaptivating, engaging, absorbing

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que envolve 2. que abarca, abrange 3. que seduz, encanta 4. diz-se de curva que intercepta de forma perpendicular as tangentes de outra curva

noun: 1. curva que intercepta de forma perpendicular as tangentes de outra curva 2. curva cuja evoluta é uma curva

noun: 1. involuta

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 envolvente

  • envolventes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to envolvente

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is envolvente in Portuguese?

envolvente appears 2.5 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).

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