tontura
Portuguese, noun/tõˈtu.ɾɐ/
tontura is spelled T-O-N-T-U-R-A (7 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,393rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tontura is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “dizziness, vertigo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sensação de desequilíbrio corporal, que pode ser do tipo rotatório (vertigem) ou não”.
What does tontura mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedizziness, vertigo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sensação de desequilíbrio corporal, que pode ser do tipo rotatório (vertigem) ou não
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 tontura
- tonturas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tontura?
- Brazil /tõˈtu.ɾɐ/
- Portugal /tõˈtu.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tontura
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tontura in Portuguese?
tontura appears 1.4 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).