ascensor
Portuguese, noun/a.sẽˈsoʁ/
ascensor is spelled A-S-C-E-N-S-O-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 93,598th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ascensor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “lift (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquilo eleva, levanta, faz subir”.
What does ascensor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelift (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aquilo eleva, levanta, faz subir 2. elevador
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 ascensor
- ascensores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ascensor?
- Brazil /a.sẽˈsoʁ/
- Brazil [a.sẽˈsoh]
- /a.sẽˈsoɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ascensor in Portuguese?
ascensor appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).