floresta
Portuguese, noun/floˈɾɛs.tɐ/
floresta is spelled F-L-O-R-E-S-T-A (8 letters) and appears 55 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,743rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Floresta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “forest (dense collection of trees)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of florestar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “extensão de terra onde existem muitas árvores”.
What does floresta mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineforest (dense collection of trees)
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. extensão de terra onde existem muitas árvores 2. grande acumulação de pessoas ou coisas
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Paraná 2. município brasileiro do estado de Pernambuco
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 floresta
- florestas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce floresta?
- Brazil /floˈɾɛs.tɐ/
- /floˈɾɛʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /fluˈɾɛʃ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to floresta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is floresta in Portuguese?
floresta appears 55 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).