The Portuguese word for hill is
monte
Gender
The gender of monte is masculine. E.g. o monte.Plural
The plural of monte is montes.Portuguese Definition
| hill | |
| 1. monte, colina |
Translations for hill and their definitions
| monte | |
| 1. n-m. mount; a mountain or large hill | |
| 2. n-m. pile; heap (a mass of things placed together so as to form a mass or elevation) | |
| 3. n-m. (usually in um monte de, (a lot of) heap; load; pile gloss), a great amount of something | |
| Eu conheco um monte de gente. - I know a lot of people. | |
| 4. n-m. (inheritance law) a share of personal property given to someone as part of an inheritance, or the property as a whole; legacy | |
| 5. n-m. (Alentejo) a rural property or group of farm buildings | |
| 6. v. verb form of montar |
| colina | |
| 1. n-f. hill (elevated location) | |
| 2. n-f. (biochemistry) choline (a hydroxy quaternary ammonium compound) |
| morro | |
| 1. n-m. a landform with elevation intermediate between that of a hill and that of a small mountain | |
| 2. n-m. (Brazil, especially, Rio de Janeiro) a slum built on a hill or on uneven ground | |
| 3. v. verb form of morrer |
| ladeira | |
| 1. n-f. slope (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) |
| barranco | |
| 1. n-m. a dirt cliff, especially one at the edge of a river or road | |
| 2. n-m. gully (trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow) |
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