plástico
Portuguese, noun/ˈplas.t͡ʃi.ku/
plástico is spelled P-L-Á-S-T-I-C-O (8 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,459th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plástico is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “plastic (a stiff but usually slightly flexible synthetic material)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “material orgânico polimérico sintético, de constituição macrocelular, dotado de grande maleabilidade”.
What does plástico mean in English?
adjective
- 1
plastic, malleable; mouldable
- 2
plastic surgery
- 3
plastic arts
noun
- 1
masculineplastic (a stiff but usually slightly flexible synthetic material)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que pode ser moldado
noun: 1. material orgânico polimérico sintético, de constituição macrocelular, dotado de grande maleabilidade 2. recipiente feito de plástico
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 plástico
- plástica feminine
- plásticos masculine plural
- plásticas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plástico?
- Brazil /ˈplas.t͡ʃi.ku/
- /ˈplaʃ.t͡ʃi.ku/
- Portugal /ˈplaʃ.ti.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to plástico
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plástico in Portuguese?
plástico appears 19 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).