testemunho
Portuguese, noun/tes.teˈmũ.ɲu/
testemunho is spelled T-E-S-T-E-M-U-N-H-O (10 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Testemunho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “the act of witnessing something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of testemunhar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “depoimento, prova”.
What does testemunho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe act of witnessing something
- 2
masculinetestimony (statement in court)
- 3
masculinewitness (something that serves as evidence)
- 4
masculinetestimony (a personal account in a church service)
- 5
Portugalmasculinebaton (object transferred by relay runners)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of testemunhar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. depoimento, prova
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 testemunho
- testemunhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce testemunho?
- Brazil /tes.teˈmũ.ɲu/
- Brazil [tes.teˈmũ.j̃u]
- /teʃ.teˈmũ.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to testemunho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is testemunho in Portuguese?
testemunho appears 15 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).