abaixador
Portuguese, noun/a.baj.ʃaˈdoʁ/
abaixador is spelled A-B-A-I-X-A-D-O-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written Portuguese, the 193,334th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abaixador is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “lowerer (one that lowers)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “quem abaixa”.
What does abaixador mean in English?
adjective
- 1
lowerer (that lowers)
- 2
degrading (that degrades)
noun
- 1
masculinelowerer (one that lowers)
- 2
masculinedegrader (one that degrades)
- 3
masculinefisher that dives to recover a fishing net
- 4
masculinedepressor
- 5
Brazilmasculineellipsis of abaixador de língua (“tongue depressor”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que abaixa 2. que rebaixa (avilta) 3. diz-se de quem mergulha para desembaraçar a rede de pesca
noun: 1. quem abaixa 2. quem rebaixa (avilta) 3. mergulhador que desembaraça a rede de pesca 4. músculo que tem a função de fazer baixar o membro ou órgão ao qual está ligado
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 abaixador
- abaixadora feminine
- abaixadores masculine plural
- abaixadoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abaixador?
- Brazil /a.baj.ʃaˈdoʁ/
- Brazil [a.baɪ̯.ʃaˈdoh]
- /a.baj.ʃaˈdoɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is abaixador in Portuguese?
abaixador appears about once in every 47 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).