alicate
Portuguese, noun/a.liˈka.t͡ʃi/
alicate is spelled A-L-I-C-A-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 33,746th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alicate is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pliers (gripping tool)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ferramenta formada por duas barras de aço ou ferro que se cruzam num eixo pelo qual se mexem, terminada numa…”.
What does alicate mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepliers (gripping tool)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ferramenta formada por duas barras de aço ou ferro que se cruzam num eixo pelo qual se mexem, terminada numa ponta estreita; serve para apertar, esmagar, segurar firmemente ou cortar objetos
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 alicate
- alicates plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alicate?
- Brazil /a.liˈka.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ɐ.liˈka.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alicate
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alicate in Portuguese?
alicate appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).