retrato
Portuguese, noun/ʁeˈtɾa.tu/
retrato is spelled R-E-T-R-A-T-O (7 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,135th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retrato is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “portrait” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of retratar (“to portray”). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “imagem (de pessoa) pintada, desenhada ou fotografada”.
What does retrato mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineportrait
- 2
masculinedepiction (lifelike image of something)
adjective
- 1
retracted (withdrawn back and in)
noun
- 1
masculineretract (an act of retracting or withdrawing)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of retratar (“to portray”)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of retratar (“to retract”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. imagem (de pessoa) pintada, desenhada ou fotografada 2. cópia fiel 3. descrição exata 4. parecença acentuada
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 retrato
- retratos plural
- retrata feminine
- retratas feminine plural
- retracto alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retrato?
- Brazil /ʁeˈtɾa.tu/
- Brazil [heˈtɾa.tu]
- /ʁeˈtɾa.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 retrato
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is retrato in Portuguese?
retrato appears 20 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).