manitu
Portuguese, noun/ma.niˈtu/
manitu is spelled M-A-N-I-T-U (6 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written Portuguese, the 161,170th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Manitu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “manitou (a god or spirit as the object of religious awe or ritual among some American Indians)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does manitu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemanitou (a god or spirit as the object of religious awe or ritual among some American Indians)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of manitu
- manitus plural
- manitó alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce manitu?
- Brazil /ma.niˈtu/
- Portugal /mɐ.niˈtu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to manitu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is manitu in Portuguese?
manitu appears about once in every 31 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).