sutura
Portuguese, noun/suˈtu.ɾɐ/
sutura is spelled S-U-T-U-R-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 41,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sutura is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “suture (seam formed by sewing two edges (especially of skin) together)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of suturar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tipo de ligação usada por médicos, em especial cirurgiões, para manter unidos pele, músculos, vasos…”.
What does sutura mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesuture (seam formed by sewing two edges (especially of skin) together)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tipo de ligação usada por médicos, em especial cirurgiões, para manter unidos pele, músculos, vasos sanguíneos e outros tecidos do corpo humano, após terem sido seccionados por um ferimento ou cirurgia
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 sutura
- suturas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sutura?
- Brazil /suˈtu.ɾɐ/
- Portugal /suˈtu.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 sutura
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sutura in Portuguese?
sutura appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).