oeste
Portuguese, noun/oˈɛs.t͡ʃi/
oeste is spelled O-E-S-T-E (5 letters) and appears 59 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,644th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oeste is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “west (compass point)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “um dos pontos cardeais, oposto ao leste, equivalente ao lado esquerdo”.
What does oeste mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewest (compass point)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. um dos pontos cardeais, oposto ao leste, equivalente ao lado esquerdo
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 oeste
- oestes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oeste?
- Brazil /oˈɛs.t͡ʃi/
- /oˈɛʃ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ɔˈɛʃ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to oeste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oeste in Portuguese?
oeste appears 59 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).