ruptura
Portuguese, noun/ʁupˈtu.ɾɐ/
ruptura is spelled R-U-P-T-U-R-A (7 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,812th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ruptura is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “synonym of rotura” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “abertura, buraco, fenda, greta, rotura”.
What does ruptura mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesynonym of rotura
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. abertura, buraco, fenda, greta, rotura 2. rompimento de relações sociais 3. solução de continuidade produzida pela contração muscular
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 ruptura
- rupturas plural
- rutura alternative Portugal
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ruptura?
- Brazil /ʁupˈtu.ɾɐ/
- Brazil [hupˈtu.ɾɐ]
- Brazil /ʁu.piˈtu.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ruptura
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ruptura in Portuguese?
ruptura appears 6.8 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).