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espectro

Portuguese, noun/isˈpɛk.tɾu/

espectro is spelled E-S-P-E-C-T-R-O (8 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,020th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espectro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “spectre, ghost” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aparição sobrenatural de pessoa morta; vulto fantasmagórico”.

What does espectro mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinespectre, ghost

  2. 2

    masculinespectrum

    Um espectro de possibilidades.

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. aparição sobrenatural de pessoa morta; vulto fantasmagórico 2. imagem imaterial que domina o pensamento, podendo ser real ou existir apenas na imaginação 3. algo que tem apenas aparência vã, fátua 4. aquilo que causa temor, que é ameaçador; a possibilidade que algo ocorra a qualquer momento, provocando uma sensação geral de medo, preocupação, cisma ou algo parecido, por representar grave ameaça

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 espectro

  • espectros plural
  • espetro alternative Portugal

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

How do you pronounce espectro?

  • Brazil /isˈpɛk.tɾu/
  • Brazil /esˈpɛk.tɾu/
  • Brazil /isˈpɛ.ki.tɾu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to espectro

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

How common is espectro in Portuguese?

espectro appears 8.9 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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