manto
Portuguese, noun/ˈmɐ̃.tu/
manto is spelled M-A-N-T-O (5 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,020th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Manto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cloak (long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “capa de grande cauda e roda, presa aos ombros, usado por soberanos, príncipes, cavaleiros de ordens militares…”.
What does manto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecloak (long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back)
- 2
masculinemantle (body wall of a mollusc)
- 3
masculinemantle (layer between the Earth’s core and crust)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. capa de grande cauda e roda, presa aos ombros, usado por soberanos, príncipes, cavaleiros de ordens militares etc., em cerimônias solenes 2. veste feminina, larga, comprida e sem mangas, usado por cima do vestido, que pode cobrir inclusive a cabeça, cingida pela cintura 3. (Derivação: por analogia) hábito com feitio semelhante ao dessa veste, que algumas religiosas usam até hoje 4. (Derivação: por analogia) véu preto que, de tão longo, chegava a arrastar pelo chão, usado outrora pelas mulheres da nobreza em sinal de luto
noun: 1. vestidura similar ao manto (veste feminina), usado sobre outra roupa 2. o mesmo que casacão (casaco de tecido grosso)
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 manto
- mantos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce manto?
- Brazil /ˈmɐ̃.tu/
- Portugal /ˈmɐ̃.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 manto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is manto in Portuguese?
manto appears 8.9 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).