promontório
Portuguese, noun/pɾo.mõˈtɔ.ɾju/
promontório is spelled P-R-O-M-O-N-T-Ó-R-I-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 82,742nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Promontório is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “promontory (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “altura considerável de terra que avança para dentro do mar”.
What does promontório mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepromontory (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. altura considerável de terra que avança para dentro do mar
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 promontório
- promontórios plural
- promontorio alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce promontório?
- Brazil /pɾo.mõˈtɔ.ɾju/
- Portugal /pɾu.mõˈtɔ.ɾju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to promontório
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is promontório in Portuguese?
promontório appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).