Polyglot Dictionary

mistério

/misˈtɛɾju/

o noun B1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os mistérios

Meaning

  1. mystery

    • É um mistério.

      It's a mystery.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

enigma

enigma is something puzzling specifically because it resists understanding, an intellectual puzzle; mistério (mystery) is more broadly something unknown or hidden, not necessarily puzzling to reason about.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

misterio

misterio is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "mystery."

Practice

1 What does mistério mean?

2 Fill the gap: É um ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches mistério?

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