estenografia
Portuguese, noun/is.te.no.ɡɾaˈfi.ɐ/
estenografia is spelled E-S-T-E-N-O-G-R-A-F-I-A (12 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 131,183rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estenografia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “stenography (the practice of transcribing speech using shorthand)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “arte de escrever por certo processo de abreviaturas e tão rapidamente quanto se fala”.
What does estenografia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestenography (the practice of transcribing speech using shorthand)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. arte de escrever por certo processo de abreviaturas e tão rapidamente quanto se fala
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 estenografia
- estenografias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estenografia?
- Brazil /is.te.no.ɡɾaˈfi.ɐ/
- Brazil /es.te.no.ɡɾaˈfi.ɐ/
- /iʃ.te.no.ɡɾaˈfi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to estenografia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estenografia in Portuguese?
estenografia appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).