hora
Portuguese, noun/ˈɔ.ɾɐ/
hora is spelled H-O-R-A (4 letters) and appears 389 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 234th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hora is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “hour (period of sixty minutes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “período de sessenta minutos de tempo; unidade de medida de tempo”.
What does hora mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehour (period of sixty minutes)
Há vinte e quatro horas num dia.
- 2
femininetime (point in time)
A alguma hora, eu passo aí.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. período de sessenta minutos de tempo; unidade de medida de tempo 2. um vinte e quatro avos do período de um dia 3. momento adequado, ocasião, oportunidade 4. tempo em que habitualmente se exerce função ou atividade
noun: 1. sobrenome
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 hora
- horas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hora?
- Brazil /ˈɔ.ɾɐ/
- Portugal /ˈɔ.ɾɐ/
- /ˈɔ.ɾa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hora
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hora in Portuguese?
hora appears 389 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).