testemunha
Portuguese, noun/tes.teˈmũ.ɲɐ/
testemunha is spelled T-E-S-T-E-M-U-N-H-A (10 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,076th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Testemunha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “witness (one who sees or has personal knowledge of something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of testemunhar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que presenciou alguma coisa, a viu ou a ouviu”.
What does testemunha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewitness (one who sees or has personal knowledge of something)
Ele era a única testemunha do acidente.
- 2
femininewitness (someone called to give evidence in a court)
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. pessoa que presenciou alguma coisa, a viu ou a ouviu 2. prova
verb: 1. segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo testemunhar
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 testemunha
- testemunhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce testemunha?
- Brazil /tes.teˈmũ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [tes.teˈmũ.j̃ɐ]
- Brazil /t͡ʃis.t͡ʃiˈmũ.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to testemunha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is testemunha in Portuguese?
testemunha appears 16 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).