estufa
Portuguese, noun/isˈtu.fɐ/
estufa is spelled E-S-T-U-F-A (6 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,840th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estufa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “greenhouse, glasshouse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of estufar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estrutura com o objetivo de acumular e conter o calor no seu interior, mantendo assim uma temperatura maior…”.
What does estufa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegreenhouse, glasshouse
As plantas crescem mais rapidamente em estufas.
- 2
femininehothouse
- 3
femininestove
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estrutura com o objetivo de acumular e conter o calor no seu interior, mantendo assim uma temperatura maior no seu interior que ao seu redor
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 estufa
- estufas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estufa?
- Brazil /isˈtu.fɐ/
- Brazil /esˈtu.fɐ/
- /iʃˈtu.fɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to estufa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estufa in Portuguese?
estufa appears 4.7 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).