testa
Portuguese, noun/ˈtɛs.tɐ/
testa is spelled T-E-S-T-A (5 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,260th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Testa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “forehead (part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of testar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “parte do rosto humano acima dos olhos e abaixo dos cabelos”.
What does testa mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineforehead (part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline)
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. parte do rosto humano acima dos olhos e abaixo dos cabelos 2. região anterior frontal da cabeça de animais 3. frente, dianteira, parte da frente 4. revestimento externo da casca de sementes
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 testa
- testas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce testa?
- Brazil /ˈtɛs.tɐ/
- /ˈtɛʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /ˈtɛʃ.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 testa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is testa in Portuguese?
testa appears 10 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).