estreito
Portuguese, noun/isˈtɾej.tu/
estreito is spelled E-S-T-R-E-I-T-O (8 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,197th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estreito is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “strait” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of estreitar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “canal natural que liga dois mares ou duas partes do mesmo mar”.
What does estreito mean in English?
adjective
- 1
narrow (having a small width)
A rua é muito estreita para camiões.
- 2
close (strong, pronounced, intimate)
Eu me liguei a ele por meio de uma estreita amizade.
noun
- 1
masculinestrait
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of estreitar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem pouca largura 2. apertado 3. delgado 4. fino
noun: 1. canal natural que liga dois mares ou duas partes do mesmo mar 2. desfiladeiro
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Maranhão
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 estreito
- estreita feminine
- estreitos masculine plural
- estreitas feminine plural
- mais estreito comparative
- o mais estreito superlative
- estreitíssimo superlative
- estreyto alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estreito?
- Brazil /isˈtɾej.tu/
- Brazil [isˈtɾeɪ̯.tu]
- Brazil /esˈtɾej.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to estreito
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estreito in Portuguese?
estreito appears 5.0 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).