testudo
Portuguese, adjective/tesˈtu.du/
testudo is spelled T-E-S-T-U-D-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese, the 120,815th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Testudo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “having a big forehead” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does testudo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
having a big forehead
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of testudo
- testuda feminine
- testudos masculine plural
- testudas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce testudo?
- Brazil /tesˈtu.du/
- /teʃˈtu.du/
- Portugal /tɨʃˈtu.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is testudo in Portuguese?
testudo appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).