palestra
Portuguese, noun/paˈlɛs.tɾɐ/
palestra is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “lecture, talk (spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of palestrar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “apresentação oral sobre um determinado assunto”.
What does palestra mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelecture, talk (spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group)
- 2
femininechat, talk (informal conversation)
- 3
femininepalaestra (public area in ancient Greece and Rome dedicated to the teaching and practice of wrestling and other sports)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. apresentação oral sobre um determinado assunto
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 palestra
- palestras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce palestra?
- Brazil /paˈlɛs.tɾɐ/
- /paˈlɛʃ.tɾɐ/
- Portugal /pɐˈlɛʃ.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 palestra
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is palestra in Portuguese?
palestra appears 13 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).