tsunami
Portuguese, noun
tsunami is spelled T-S-U-N-A-M-I (7 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,037th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tsunami is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative spelling of tsunâmi” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, tsunâmi is a different word: “tsunami (large, destructive wave)”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que tsunâmi”.
What does tsunami mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of tsunâmi
noun
- 1
masculinetsunami (large, destructive wave)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que tsunâmi
noun: 1. onda marinha gigante de proporções gigantescas, provocada por maremoto (movimento submarino de terra) ou por erupção vulcânica
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 tsunami
- tsunamis plural
- tsunâmis plural
- tsunami alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to tsunami
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tsunami in Portuguese?
tsunami appears 3.7 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).