umami
Portuguese, noun/uˈmɐ̃.mi/
umami is spelled U-M-A-M-I (5 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 100,600th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umami is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “umami” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “um dos cinco sabores fundamentais do paladar (a par de doce, salgado, azedo e amargo) correspondente a certos…”.
What does umami mean in English?
adjective
- 1
umami
noun
- 1
masculineumami
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. um dos cinco sabores fundamentais do paladar (a par de doce, salgado, azedo e amargo) correspondente a certos glutamatos, sensível em alimentos como tomates maduros, peixes, cogumelos
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 umami
- umâmi alternative rare
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce umami?
- Brazil /uˈmɐ̃.mi/
- Portugal /uˈmɐ.mi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is umami in Portuguese?
umami appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).