minueto
Portuguese, noun/mi.nuˈe.tu/
minueto is spelled M-I-N-U-E-T-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 109,086th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Minueto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “minuet (slow, graceful dance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dança da aristocracia francesa, leve, graciosa e solene, ao som de música em compasso ternário, surgida no…”.
What does minueto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineminuet (slow, graceful dance)
- 2
masculineminuet (tune or air to regulate the movements of the minuet dance)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dança da aristocracia francesa, leve, graciosa e solene, ao som de música em compasso ternário, surgida no século XVII 2. composição musical com as características dessa música que integra suítes e sinfonias
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 minueto
- minuetos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce minueto?
- Brazil /mi.nuˈe.tu/
- Brazil /miˈnwe.tu/
- Portugal /miˈnwe.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 minueto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is minueto in Portuguese?
minueto appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).