murta
Portuguese, noun/ˈmuʁ.tɐ/
murta is spelled M-U-R-T-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 45,243rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Murta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “myrtle (evergreen shrub of the genus Myrtus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta mirtácea de flores brancas cheirosas (Myrtus communis)”.
What does murta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemyrtle (evergreen shrub of the genus Myrtus)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta mirtácea de flores brancas cheirosas (Myrtus communis)
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 murta
- murtas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce murta?
- Brazil /ˈmuʁ.tɐ/
- Brazil [ˈmuh.tɐ]
- /ˈmuɾ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to murta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is murta in Portuguese?
murta appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).