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tumulto

Portuguese, noun/tuˈmuw.tu/

tumulto is spelled T-U-M-U-L-T-O (7 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,037th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tumulto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tumult” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “confusão, agitação, barulhada”.

What does tumulto mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinetumult

  2. 2

    masculineriot

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. confusão, agitação, barulhada

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 tumulto

  • tumultos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce tumulto?

  • Brazil /tuˈmuw.tu/
  • Brazil [tuˈmuʊ̯.tu]
  • Portugal /tuˈmul.tu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to tumulto

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is tumulto in Portuguese?

tumulto 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).

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