mistério
Portuguese, noun/misˈtɛ.ɾju/
mistério is spelled M-I-S-T-É-R-I-O (8 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,888th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mistério is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “mystery (something that is unexplained)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conjunto de doutrinas restritas aos iniciados”.
What does mistério mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemystery (something that is unexplained)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. conjunto de doutrinas restritas aos iniciados 2. dogma impenetrável à razão 3. enigma 4. segredo
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 mistério
- mistérios plural
- mysterio alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mistério?
- Brazil /misˈtɛ.ɾju/
- /miʃˈtɛ.ɾju/
- Portugal /miʃˈtɛ.ɾju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mistério
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mistério in Portuguese?
mistério appears 22 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).