lástima
Portuguese, noun
lástima is spelled L-Á-S-T-I-M-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 34,608th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lástima is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, lastima is a different word: “third-person singular present indicative”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de lastimar”.
What does lástima mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepity
Que lástima!
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de lastimar 2. compaixão 3. desgraça 4. aquilo que merece compaixão
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 lástima
- lástimas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to lástima
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lástima in Portuguese?
lástima appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).