perspectiva
Portuguese, noun/peʁs.pekˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/
perspectiva is spelled P-E-R-S-P-E-C-T-I-V-A (11 letters) and appears 34 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,675th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perspectiva is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “perspective (view, vista or outlook)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of perspectivo. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “representação de um fenômeno tridimensional em uma superfície bidimensional”.
What does perspectiva mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineperspective (view, vista or outlook)
- 2
feminineperspective (appearance of depth in objects)
- 3
feminineperspective (technique of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface)
- 4
feminineperspective; point of view
- 5
feminineprospect; anticipation; expectation
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of perspectivo
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. representação de um fenômeno tridimensional em uma superfície bidimensional 2. aspecto da percepção visual do espaço e dos objetos nele contidos pelo olho humano 3. campo de estudo da geometria e, em especial, da geometria descritiva 4. escolha de um contexto ou referência (ou o resultado desta escolha) de onde se parte o senso, a categorização, a medição ou a codificação de uma experiência
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 perspectiva
- perspectivas plural
- perspetiva alternative Portugal
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perspectiva?
- Brazil /peʁs.pekˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/
- Brazil [pehs.pekˈt͡ʃi.vɐ]
- Brazil /peʁs.pe.kiˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to perspectiva
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perspectiva in Portuguese?
perspectiva appears 34 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).