moldura
Portuguese, noun/mowˈdu.ɾɐ/
moldura is spelled M-O-L-D-U-R-A (7 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,810th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moldura is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “frame (rigid, generally rectangular mounting for a painting)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of moldurar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “caixilho de madeira, metal ou outro material para guarnecer quadros, espelhos, etc”.
What does moldura mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineframe (rigid, generally rectangular mounting for a painting)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. caixilho de madeira, metal ou outro material para guarnecer quadros, espelhos, etc
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 moldura
- molduras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce moldura?
- Brazil /mowˈdu.ɾɐ/
- Brazil [moʊ̯ˈdu.ɾɐ]
- Portugal /molˈdu.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is moldura in Portuguese?
moldura appears 2.2 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).