List of encyclopedias in Portuguese
This is a list of encyclopedias in Portuguese, in all varieties of the Portuguese language around the world.
- Printed (paper)
- Digital (online)
- Both*
*This usually means that volumes of the encyclopaedia were originally printed on paper, but at some point (usually in the 1990s or early 2000s), the encyclopaedia has been digitised and made available in whole or in part in electronic form (usually online, but not necessarily). New entries may or may not be added, while old entries (originally printed) may or may not be updated. Usually, publication of paper-printed editions has been discontinued.
Title in Finnish | Meaning in English | Published |
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Barsa | Barsa (portmanteau of founders' surnames Barrett + Almeida Sá) | 1964–present[1] |
Biblioteca Universal | Universal Library | c. 2000–2008[a] |
Diciopédia | Dictio-pedia (portmanteau of "dictionary" + "encyclopedia") | 1997–2011[b] |
Enciclopédia Verbo Luso-Brasileira de Cultura – Edição Século XXI | Verbo Luso-Brazilian Encyclopædia of Culture – 21st-Century Edition | 1998–2009[c] |
Enciclopédia da Vida | Encyclopedia of Life | 2008–present[d] |
Grande Enciclopédia Portuguesa e Brasileira | Grand Portuguese and Brazilian Encyclopædia | 1936–1999[e] |
Infopédia | Infopedia | 2003–present[f] |
Grande Enciclopédia Larousse Cultural | Grand Cultural Encyclopædia Larousse | 1998 |
Enciclopédia Luso-Brasileira de Cultura | Luso-Brazilian Encyclopædia of Culture | 1963–1995[g] |
Lello Universal – Dicionário Enciclopédico Luso-Brasileiro | Lello Universal – Luso-Brazilian Encyclopædic Dictionary | c. 1950–2002 |
Conhecer | Knowing | 1966–1981[h] |
Enciclopédia Mirador Internacional | International Mirador Encyclopædia | 1976 |
Enciclopédia Infantil Verbo | Verbo Children's Encyclopædia | 1976 |
Grande Enciclopédia Delta Larousse | Delta Larousse Grand Encyclopædia | 1970[i] |
Focus – Enciclopédia Internacional | Focus – International Encyclopædia | 1964 |
Enciclopédia Delta Larousse | Delta Larousse Encyclopædia | 1960[j] |
Trópico – Enciclopédia Ilustrada em Cores | Trópico – Colour Illustrated Encyclopædia | 1957 |
Enciclopédia Brasileira Globo | Globo Brazilian Encyclopædia | 1943 |
Tesouro da Juventude | Youth's Thesaurus | 1920[k] |
Wikipédia em português | Portuguese Wikipedia | 2001–present |
See also

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- Encyclopedias written in Galician:
- Enciclopedia Galega Universal: on paper and online
- Gran Enciclopedia Galega Silverio Cañada: on paper and DVD
- Galician Wikipedia (Wikipedia en galego)
Notes
- ^ Published by Texto Editora (paper, multimedia and online).[2]
- ^ Published by Porto Editora (multimedia and online) from 1997 to 2009. Discontinued in 2011.[3]
- ^ Published by Editorial Verbo; 29 volumes.
- ^ Online since 2008 in 19 languages, including Brazilian Portuguese.
- ^ 40 volumes and later supplements.
- ^ Published by Porto Editora (online); paid subscription to access dictionaries in 39 languages.[4]
- ^ Published by Editorial Verbo; 22 volumes.
- ^ Adapted from UK partwork Knowledge.
- ^ Adapted from the Grand Larousse encyclopédique.
- ^ Adapted from the Encyclopédie Larousse méthodique.
- ^ Adapted from The Children's Encyclopædia (1915).
References
- ^ Barsa
- ^ Biblioteca Universal Archived 14 March 2008 at the Portuguese Web Archive
- ^ Diciopédia
- ^ Infopédia