estante
Portuguese, noun/isˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
estante is spelled E-S-T-A-N-T-E (7 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,278th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estante is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “shelf” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “móvel com prateleiras para livros, papéis, etc”.
What does estante mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshelf
- 2
femininerack (series of shelves)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que está 2. residente
noun: 1. móvel com prateleiras para livros, papéis, etc
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 estante
- estantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estante?
- Brazil /isˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil /esˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- /iʃˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to estante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estante in Portuguese?
estante appears 3.6 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).