obelisco
Portuguese, noun/o.beˈlis.ku/
obelisco is spelled O-B-E-L-I-S-C-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 42,839th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obelisco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “obelisk (a tall stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “monumento quadrangular em forma de agulha, ordinariamente monólito sobre um pedestal”.
What does obelisco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineobelisk (a tall stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)
- 2
masculineobelisk; dagger (the character †)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. monumento quadrangular em forma de agulha, ordinariamente monólito sobre um pedestal 2. objeto alto e alongado; óbelo
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 obelisco
- obeliscos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obelisco?
- Brazil /o.beˈlis.ku/
- /o.beˈliʃ.ku/
- Portugal /ɔ.bɨˈliʃ.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to obelisco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is obelisco in Portuguese?
obelisco 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).