sepultura
Portuguese, noun/se.puwˈtu.ɾɐ/
sepultura is spelled S-E-P-U-L-T-U-R-A (9 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,900th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sepultura is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “grave (excavation for burial)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de sepultar”.
What does sepultura mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegrave (excavation for burial)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de sepultar 2. inumação 3. cova onde se sepultam os cadáveres
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 sepultura
- sepulturas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sepultura?
- Brazil /se.puwˈtu.ɾɐ/
- Brazil [se.puʊ̯ˈtu.ɾɐ]
- Portugal /sɨ.pulˈtu.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 sepultura
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sepultura in Portuguese?
sepultura appears 4.2 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).