monte
Portuguese, noun/ˈmõ.t͡ʃi/
monte is spelled M-O-N-T-E (5 letters) and appears 102 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 957th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Monte is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “mount; a mountain or large hill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of montar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “elevação de terreno menos extensa e menos alta do que a montanha”.
What does monte mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemount; a mountain or large hill
- 2
masculinepile; heap (a mass of things placed together so as to form a mass or elevation)
- 3
masculineheap; load; pile (a great amount of something)
Eu conheco um monte de gente.
- 4
masculinea share of personal property given to someone as part of an inheritance, or the property as a whole; legacy
- 5
masculinea rural property or group of farm buildings
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-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. elevação de terreno menos extensa e menos alta do que a montanha 2. rima 3. grupo de individualidades 4. grande quantidade
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 monte
- montes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce monte?
- Brazil /ˈmõ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ˈmõ.tɨ/
- [ˈmõ.tɪ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to monte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is monte in Portuguese?
monte appears 102 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).