startup
Portuguese, noun/staʁˈta.pi/
startup is spelled S-T-A-R-T-U-P (7 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 29,633rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Startup is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “startup (a new company or organization or business venture)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “empresa nascente, geralmente de base tecnológica, com modelo de negócios escalável e sob alto grau de…”.
What does startup mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestartup (a new company or organization or business venture)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. empresa nascente, geralmente de base tecnológica, com modelo de negócios escalável e sob alto grau de incerteza 2. empresa em fase inicial de operações, focada em crescimento rápido e inovação
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 startup
- startups plural
- start-up alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce startup?
- Brazil /staʁˈta.pi/
- Brazil [stahˈta.pi]
- Brazil /is.taʁˈta.pi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to startup
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is startup in Portuguese?
startup appears 1.2 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).