silhueta
Portuguese, noun/si.ʎuˈe.tɐ/
silhueta is spelled S-I-L-H-U-E-T-A (8 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 28,488th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Silhueta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “silhouette (representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desenho que representa o perfil de uma pessoa, segundo os contornos que a sombra dela projeta”.
What does silhueta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesilhouette (representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. desenho que representa o perfil de uma pessoa, segundo os contornos que a sombra dela projeta
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 silhueta
- silhuetas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce silhueta?
- Brazil /si.ʎuˈe.tɐ/
- Brazil /siˈʎwe.tɐ/
- Portugal /siˈʎwe.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to silhueta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is silhueta in Portuguese?
silhueta appears 1.3 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).