modesta
Portuguese, adjective/moˈdɛs.tɐ/
modesta is spelled M-O-D-E-S-T-A (7 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,792nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Modesta is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of modesto” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does modesta mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of modesto
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prenome feminino
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.
How do you pronounce modesta?
- Brazil /moˈdɛs.tɐ/
- /moˈdɛʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /muˈdɛʃ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is modesta in Portuguese?
modesta appears 3.8 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).