tesouro
Portuguese, noun/teˈzo(w).ɾu/
tesouro is spelled T-E-S-O-U-R-O (7 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,459th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tesouro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “treasure (collection of valuable things)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of tesourar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grande porção de dinheiro, joias ou objetos preciosos”.
What does tesouro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetreasure (collection of valuable things)
- 2
masculineTreasury (department responsible for management of public revenue)
- 3
masculinetreasure (any single thing that one values greatly)
- 4
masculinetreasure (a term of endearment)
Vamos tesouro, não se junte com essa gentalha.
- 5
masculinea reference work where terms are grouped together according to their subject
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of tesourar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grande porção de dinheiro, joias ou objetos preciosos 2. coisa valiosa 3. riqueza 4. dicionário
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de Mato Grosso
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 tesouro
- tesouros plural
- tesoiro alternative
- thesouro alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tesouro?
- Brazil /teˈzo(w).ɾu/
- Brazil [teˈzo(ʊ̯).ɾu]
- Brazil /t͡ʃiˈzo(w).ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tesouro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tesouro in Portuguese?
tesouro appears 19 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).