hortênsia
Portuguese, noun/oʁˈtẽ.sjɐ/
hortênsia is spelled H-O-R-T-Ê-N-S-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 101,652nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hortênsia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “hydrangea (shrub of the genus Hydrangea)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que hidrângea (planta ou flor originária da China e Japão)”.
What does hortênsia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehydrangea (shrub of the genus Hydrangea)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que hidrângea (planta ou flor originária da China e Japão)
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 hortênsia
- hortênsias plural
- hortência alternative misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hortênsia?
- Brazil /oʁˈtẽ.sjɐ/
- Brazil [ohˈtẽ.sjɐ]
- /oɾˈtẽ.sjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hortênsia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hortênsia in Portuguese?
hortênsia appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).