imagem
Portuguese, noun/iˈma.ʒẽj̃/
imagem is spelled I-M-A-G-E-M (6 letters) and appears 162 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 597th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Imagem is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “image; picture; figure (optical representation of an object)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “representação de uma pessoa ou objeto”.
What does imagem mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineimage; picture; figure (optical representation of an object)
- 2
feminineimage (mental representation of something seen or imagined)
- 3
feminineimage (outward appearance)
- 4
feminineimage; face (characteristics that are first perceived by others)
- 5
feminineimage (file containing all data of a storage medium)
- 6
feminineicon (small object of religious devotion)
- 7
feminineimage (a group of emitted, reflected or refracted rays of light)
- 8
feminineimage (values mapped to by a function)
Coordinate term: contradomínio
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. representação de uma pessoa ou objeto 2. pintura ou escultura destinada ao culto 3. figura; estampa; retrato; cópia 4. maneira como uma pessoa ou grupo de pessoas é percebido, entendido, qualificado
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 imagem
- imagens plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce imagem?
- Brazil /iˈma.ʒẽj̃/
- Brazil [iˈma.ʒẽɪ̯̃]
- Portugal /iˈma.ʒɐ̃j̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to imagem
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is imagem in Portuguese?
imagem appears 162 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).