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mártir

Portuguese, noun/ˈmaʁ.t͡ʃiʁ/

mártir is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “martyr” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que sofreu tormentos ou a morte, por sustentar a fé cristã”.

What does mártir mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculinemartyr

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. aquele que sofreu tormentos ou a morte, por sustentar a fé cristã 2. pessoa que sofre por causa de suas crenças ou opiniões 3. indivíduo que é vítima de maus tratos, pessoa que sofre muito

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 mártir

  • mártires plural

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

How do you pronounce mártir?

  • Brazil /ˈmaʁ.t͡ʃiʁ/
  • Brazil [ˈmah.t͡ʃih]
  • /ˈmaɾ.t͡ʃiɾ/

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

English words that translate to mártir

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

How common is mártir in Portuguese?

mártir appears 5.5 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).