hipotenusa
Portuguese, noun/i.po.teˈnu.zɐ/
hipotenusa is spelled H-I-P-O-T-E-N-U-S-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 61,435th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hipotenusa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “hypotenuse (side opposite the right angle in a right triangle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lado oposto ao ângulo reto no triângulo retângulo”.
What does hipotenusa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehypotenuse (side opposite the right angle in a right triangle)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lado oposto ao ângulo reto no triângulo retângulo
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 hipotenusa
- hipotenusas plural
- hypothenusa alternative archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hipotenusa?
- Brazil /i.po.teˈnu.zɐ/
- Portugal /i.pɔ.tɨˈnu.zɐ/
- Portugal /i.pɔ.tɨ.ˈnu.zɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hipotenusa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hipotenusa in Portuguese?
hipotenusa appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).