planalto
Portuguese, noun/plaˈnaw.tu/
planalto is spelled P-L-A-N-A-L-T-O (8 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,280th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Planalto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “plateau (level expansion)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “região plana, que se situa no alto de um local como uma montanha ou uma serra; exemplo: a capital paulista…”.
What does planalto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineplateau (level expansion)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. região plana, que se situa no alto de um local como uma montanha ou uma serra; exemplo: a capital paulista São Paulo é um planalto
noun: 1. a sede do governo brasileiro 2. município brasileiro do estado da Bahia 3. município brasileiro do estado do Paraná 4. município brasileiro do estado de São Paulo
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 planalto
- planaltos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce planalto?
- Brazil /plaˈnaw.tu/
- Brazil [plaˈnaʊ̯.tu]
- Portugal /plɐˈnal.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to planalto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is planalto in Portuguese?
planalto appears 12 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).