protesto
Portuguese, noun/pɾoˈtɛs.tu/
protesto is spelled P-R-O-T-E-S-T-O (8 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,049th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Protesto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “protest (collective gesture of disapproval)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of protestar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “reclamação”.
What does protesto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprotest (collective gesture of disapproval)
- 2
masculinecomplaint (act of complaining)
- 3
masculineprotest (formal objection)
- 4
masculineobjection (official protest raised in a court of law)
interjection
- 1
Objection!
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of protestar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. reclamação 2. declaração de indignação 3. apresentação de título comercial vencido
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 protesto
- protestos plural
- Protesto! canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce protesto?
- Brazil /pɾoˈtɛs.tu/
- /pɾoˈtɛʃ.tu/
- Portugal /pɾuˈtɛʃ.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 protesto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is protesto in Portuguese?
protesto appears 21 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).