fortíssimo
Portuguese, adjective/foʁˈt͡ʃi.si.mu/
fortíssimo is spelled F-O-R-T-Í-S-S-I-M-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 47,254th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fortíssimo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “fortissimo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a superlative degree of forte. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “designa um cambiante de grande intensidade sonora”.
What does fortíssimo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
superlative degree of forte
- 2
fortissimo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. designa um cambiante de grande intensidade sonora
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 fortíssimo
- fortíssima feminine
- fortíssimos masculine plural
- fortíssimas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fortíssimo?
- Brazil /foʁˈt͡ʃi.si.mu/
- Brazil [fohˈt͡ʃi.si.mu]
- /foɾˈt͡ʃi.si.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fortíssimo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fortíssimo in Portuguese?
fortíssimo appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).