neste
Portuguese, contraction/ˈnes.t͡ʃi/
neste is spelled N-E-S-T-E (5 letters) and appears 282 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 329th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Neste is a Portuguese contraction meaning “contraction of em + este, literally “in this (masculine)”” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “contração da preposição em com o pronome ou determinante demonstrativo este”.
What does neste mean in English?
contraction
- 1
contraction of em + este, literally “in this (masculine)”
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
contraction: 1. contração da preposição em com o pronome ou determinante demonstrativo este
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 neste
- nesta feminine
- nestes masculine plural
- nestas feminine plural
- nisto neuter
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce neste?
- Brazil /ˈnes.t͡ʃi/
- /ˈneʃ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ˈneʃ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is neste in Portuguese?
neste appears 282 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).