profeta
Portuguese, noun/pɾoˈfɛ.tɐ/
profeta is spelled P-R-O-F-E-T-A (7 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,626th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Profeta is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “prophet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que, entre os hebreus, predizia o futuro supostamente por inspiração divina”.
What does profeta mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprophet
adjective
- 1
feminineinformalmasculineof, from or relating to Porto Santo
noun
- 1
feminineinformalmasculinenative or inhabitant of Porto Santo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aquele que, entre os hebreus, predizia o futuro supostamente por inspiração divina 2. vidente 3. adivinho 4. título que os muçulmanos dão a Maomé
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 profeta
- profetas plural
- profetisa feminine
- profetisas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce profeta?
- Brazil /pɾoˈfɛ.tɐ/
- Portugal /pɾuˈfɛ.tɐ/
- Portugal /pɾu.ˈfɛ.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 profeta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is profeta in Portuguese?
profeta appears 11 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).