portento
Portuguese, noun/poʁˈtẽ.tu/
portento is spelled P-O-R-T-E-N-T-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese, the 136,722nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Portento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “wonder, marvel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prodígio, maravilha, coisa extraordinária”.
What does portento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewonder, marvel
- 2
masculinegenius, prodigy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prodígio, maravilha, coisa extraordinária
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 portento
- portentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce portento?
- Brazil /poʁˈtẽ.tu/
- Brazil [pohˈtẽ.tu]
- /poɾˈtẽ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is portento in Portuguese?
portento appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).