portanto
Portuguese, adverb/poʁˈtɐ̃.tu/
portanto is a Portuguese adverb meaning “hence; therefore” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does portanto mean in English?
adverb
- 1
hence; therefore
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
conjunction: 1. por isso
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.
How do you pronounce portanto?
- Brazil /poʁˈtɐ̃.tu/
- Brazil [pohˈtɐ̃.tu]
- /poɾˈtɐ̃.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 portanto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is portanto in Portuguese?
portanto appears 123 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).