estigma
Portuguese, noun/isˈt͡ʃi.ɡi.mɐ/
estigma is spelled E-S-T-I-G-M-A (7 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,106th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estigma is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “stigma (mark of infamy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “área receptiva do pistilo das flores, onde o grão de pólen inicia a germinação do tubo polínico”.
What does estigma mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestigma (mark of infamy)
- 2
masculinestigma (part of the pistil)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. área receptiva do pistilo das flores, onde o grão de pólen inicia a germinação do tubo polínico 2. cada um dos cinco sinais que aparecem no corpo, nos mesmos pontos onde supostamente teria ocorrido a crucificação de Jesus Cristo, isto é, pés, punhos e tórax 3. desdouro, afronta, má fama 4. lesão orgânica que indica uma enfermidade constitucional e hereditária
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 estigma
- estigmas plural
- stigma alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estigma?
- Brazil /isˈt͡ʃi.ɡi.mɐ/
- Brazil /esˈt͡ʃi.ɡi.mɐ/
- Brazil /isˈt͡ʃiɡ.mɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to estigma
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estigma in Portuguese?
estigma appears 2.2 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).