unto
Portuguese, noun/ˈũ.tu/
unto is spelled U-N-T-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 106,884th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “lard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of untar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “gordura do porco que está na cavidade abdominal no mesentério, usada para cozinhar”.
What does unto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelard
- 2
masculinegrease
- 3
masculineunguent
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of untar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gordura do porco que está na cavidade abdominal no mesentério, usada para cozinhar 2. qualquer gordura
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 unto
- untos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce unto?
- Brazil /ˈũ.tu/
- Portugal /ˈũ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is unto in Portuguese?
unto appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).