tectônico
Portuguese, adjective
tectônico is spelled T-E-C-T-Ô-N-I-C-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written Portuguese, the 156,173rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tectônico is a Portuguese adjective meaning “tectonic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, tectónico is a different word: “European Portuguese standard spelling of tectônico”.
What does tectônico mean in English?
adjective
- 1
tectonic
adjective
- 1
European Portuguese standard spelling of tectônico
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. respeitante a tectónica 2. respeitante à estrutura da crusta terrestre 3. respeitante à construção de edifícios 4. arquitectónico
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 tectônico
- tectónica feminine
- tectónicos masculine plural
- tectónicas feminine plural
- tectônica feminine
- tectônicos masculine plural
- tectônicas feminine plural
- tectónico alternative Portugal
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to tectônico
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tectônico in Portuguese?
tectônico appears about once in every 29 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).