gestante
Portuguese, noun/ʒesˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
gestante is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pregnant woman, expectant mother” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “a mulher em período de gravidez”.
What does gestante mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepregnant woman, expectant mother
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem em si o embrião, que está em gestação
noun: 1. a mulher em período de gravidez
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 gestante
- gestantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gestante?
- Brazil /ʒesˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- /ʒeʃˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ʒɨʃˈtɐ̃.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gestante in Portuguese?
gestante appears 1.4 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).