ponta
Portuguese, noun/ˈpõ.tɐ/
ponta is spelled P-O-N-T-A (5 letters) and appears 40 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,312th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ponta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “tip, point” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “extremidade, bico”.
What does ponta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetip, point
- 2
femininenib
- 3
femininebeak
- 4
femininecusp
- 5
femininebutt (of a cigarette)
- 6
femininecameo
noun
- 1
femininemasculinewinger
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. extremidade, bico 2. pequena porção 3. bituca de cigarro 4. pequeno papel em obras cinematográficas, televisivas ou teatrais
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 ponta
- pontas plural
- põta alternative abbreviation obsolete
- poncta alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ponta?
- Brazil /ˈpõ.tɐ/
- Portugal /ˈpõ.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 ponta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ponta in Portuguese?
ponta appears 40 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).