pergunta
Portuguese, noun/peʁˈɡũ.tɐ/
pergunta is spelled P-E-R-G-U-N-T-A (8 letters) and appears 151 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 645th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pergunta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “question” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of perguntar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “frase cujo objetivo é convidar um ouvinte ou leitor a dar uma explicação, uma informação, ou, em qualquer…”.
What does pergunta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininequestion
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. frase cujo objetivo é convidar um ouvinte ou leitor a dar uma explicação, uma informação, ou, em qualquer caso, uma interrogação que demanda, chama ou solicita uma resposta 2. questão numa prova
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 pergunta
- perguntas plural
- pregunta alternative archaic dialectal
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pergunta?
- Brazil /peʁˈɡũ.tɐ/
- Brazil [peɦˈɡũ.tɐ]
- /peɾˈɡũ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pergunta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pergunta in Portuguese?
pergunta appears 151 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).