estêncil
Portuguese, noun/isˈtẽ.siw/
estêncil is spelled E-S-T-Ê-N-C-I-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 89,875th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estêncil is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “stencil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “molde ou placa vazada usados para desenhar ou pintar símbolos, letras, algarismos, etc”.
What does estêncil mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestencil
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. molde ou placa vazada usados para desenhar ou pintar símbolos, letras, algarismos, etc. 2. técnica que usa o estêncil¹
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 estêncil
- estênceis plural
- estêncis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estêncil?
- Brazil /isˈtẽ.siw/
- Brazil [isˈtẽ.siʊ̯]
- Brazil /esˈtẽ.siw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to estêncil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estêncil in Portuguese?
estêncil appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).