história
Portuguese, noun
história is spelled H-I-S-T-Ó-R-I-A (8 letters) and appears 513 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 184th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). História is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “history” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, historia is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estudo dos acontecimentos passados”.
What does história mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehistory
- 2
femininestory
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of história
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estudo dos acontecimentos passados 2. natural sucessão desses mesmos acontecimentos 3. narrativa; conto; descrição 4. biografia
noun: 1. disciplina de estudo dos acontecimentos passados
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 história
- historias plural
- histórias plural
- historia alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to história
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is história in Portuguese?
história appears 513 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).