hipoteca
Portuguese, noun/i.poˈtɛ.kɐ/
hipoteca is spelled H-I-P-O-T-E-C-A (8 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,653rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hipoteca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “mortgage (special form of secured loan)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of hipotecar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sujeição de bens imóveis ao pagamento de uma dívida”.
What does hipoteca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemortgage (special form of secured loan)
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. sujeição de bens imóveis ao pagamento de uma dívida 2. garantia real que confere ao credor o direito de ser pago pelo valor do bem hipotecado
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 hipoteca
- hipotecas plural
- hypotheca alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hipoteca?
- Brazil /i.poˈtɛ.kɐ/
- Portugal /i.puˈtɛ.kɐ/
- Portugal /i.pu.ˈtɛ.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hipoteca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hipoteca in Portuguese?
hipoteca appears 2.5 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).