instituto
Portuguese, noun/ĩs.t͡ʃiˈtu.tu/
instituto is spelled I-N-S-T-I-T-U-T-O (9 letters) and appears 110 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 889th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Instituto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “institute (organisation founded to promote a cause)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sociedade ou organização de caráter educacional ou que realiza um determinado trabalho, via de regra…”.
What does instituto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinstitute (organisation founded to promote a cause)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sociedade ou organização de caráter educacional ou que realiza um determinado trabalho, via de regra pesquisas científicas 2. o prédio ocupado por tal organização 3. princípio, lei ou costume estabelecido
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 instituto
- institutos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce instituto?
- Brazil /ĩs.t͡ʃiˈtu.tu/
- /ĩʃ.t͡ʃiˈtu.tu/
- Portugal /ĩʃ.tiˈtu.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to instituto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is instituto in Portuguese?
instituto appears 110 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).