obstetra
Portuguese, noun/o.bisˈtɛ.tɾɐ/
obstetra is spelled O-B-S-T-E-T-R-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,025th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obstetra is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “obstetrician (physician who specialises in childbirth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “médico do ramo ligado à ginecologia que opera na parte da obstetrícia, da qual é responsável pela saúde…”.
What does obstetra mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineobstetrician (physician who specialises in childbirth)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. médico do ramo ligado à ginecologia que opera na parte da obstetrícia, da qual é responsável pela saúde reprodutiva da mulher
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 obstetra
- obstetras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obstetra?
- Brazil /o.bisˈtɛ.tɾɐ/
- Brazil /obsˈtɛ.tɾɐ/
- /o.bisˈtɛ.tɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to obstetra
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is obstetra in Portuguese?
obstetra appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).