instrumento
Portuguese, noun/ĩs.tɾuˈmẽ.tu/
instrumento is spelled I-N-S-T-R-U-M-E-N-T-O (11 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,772nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Instrumento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tool (mechanical device intended to make a task easier)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of instrumentar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ferramenta ou utensílio utilizável para executar ou observar algo”.
What does instrumento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetool (mechanical device intended to make a task easier)
- 2
masculinemusical instrument (device used to produce music)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of instrumentar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ferramenta ou utensílio utilizável para executar ou observar algo 2. qualquer dos utensílios utilizados para produzir sons musicais 3. agente:
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 instrumento
- instrumentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce instrumento?
- Brazil /ĩs.tɾuˈmẽ.tu/
- /ĩʃ.tɾuˈmẽ.tu/
- Portugal /ĩʃ.tɾuˈmẽ.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 instrumento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is instrumento in Portuguese?
instrumento appears 32 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).