hortifrúti
Portuguese, noun/oʁ.t͡ʃiˈfɾu.t͡ʃi/
hortifrúti is spelled H-O-R-T-I-F-R-Ú-T-I (10 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese, the 164,273rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hortifrúti is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “marketplace where horticultural products, such as fruits and vegetables, are sold” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “item edível resultante da produção de hortaliças, frutos, ou da criação de aves”.
What does hortifrúti mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinemarketplace where horticultural products, such as fruits and vegetables, are sold
- 2
Brazilmasculinethe products being sold in said marketplace
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. item edível resultante da produção de hortaliças, frutos, ou da criação de aves
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 hortifrúti
- hortifrútis plural
- hortifruti alternative misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hortifrúti?
- Brazil /oʁ.t͡ʃiˈfɾu.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [oh.t͡ʃiˈfɾu.t͡ʃi]
- /oɾ.t͡ʃiˈfɾu.t͡ʃi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hortifrúti
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hortifrúti in Portuguese?
hortifrúti appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).