nisto
Portuguese, contraction/ˈnis.tu/
nisto is spelled N-I-S-T-O (5 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,632nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nisto is a Portuguese neuter contraction meaning “contraction of em + isto, literally “in this thing”: neuter of neste” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “contração da preposição em mais o pronome isto”.
What does nisto mean in English?
contraction
- 1
neutercontraction of em + isto, literally “in this thing”: neuter of neste
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 mais o pronome isto
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 nisto?
- Brazil /ˈnis.tu/
- /ˈniʃ.tu/
- Portugal /ˈniʃ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nisto in Portuguese?
nisto appears 6.9 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).