poesia
Portuguese, noun/po.eˈzi.ɐ/
poesia is spelled P-O-E-S-I-A (6 letters) and appears 34 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,675th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Poesia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “poetry (class of literature)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “arte de escrever em verso”.
What does poesia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepoetry (class of literature)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. arte de escrever em verso 2. obra literária escrita em versos 3. composição com poucos versos 4. inspiração
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 poesia
- poesias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce poesia?
- Brazil /po.eˈzi.ɐ/
- Portugal /pu.eˈzi.ɐ/
- Portugal /pwɛˈzi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to poesia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is poesia in Portuguese?
poesia 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).