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extra

Portuguese, noun/ˌɛs.tɾa/

extra is spelled E-X-T-R-A (5 letters) and appears 31 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,874th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Extra is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “anything that is extra” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “edição extra de um jornal”.

What does extra mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculineextra (beyond what is due, usual, expected or necessary)

noun

  1. 1

    masculineanything that is extra

  2. 2

    masculinebonus (extra amount of money given as a premium)

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculineextra; walk-on (actor in a small role with no dialogue)

prefix

as extra-
  1. 1

    extra-

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. além do normal

noun: 1. edição extra de um jornal 2. ator que numa cena faz parte de um grupo e não tem fala

noun: 1. logiciário que integra-se a um programa provendo-lhe alguma funcionalidade adicional

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 extra

  • extras plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce extra?

  • Brazil /ˌɛs.tɾa/
  • Brazil /ˌes.tɾa/
  • Brazil /ˈes.tɾɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to extra

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is extra in Portuguese?

extra appears 31 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).

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