assalto
Portuguese, noun/aˈsaw.tu/
assalto is spelled A-S-S-A-L-T-O (7 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,381st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Assalto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “assault, attack” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of assaltar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de assaltar”.
What does assalto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineassault, attack
- 2
masculinerobbery, burglary, raid
- 3
masculineround
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of assaltar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de assaltar 2. ataque súbito para roubar 3. ataque de surpresa 4. fase final de um ataque, após o reconhecimento e a aproximação
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 assalto
- assaltos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce assalto?
- Brazil /aˈsaw.tu/
- Brazil [aˈsaʊ̯.tu]
- Portugal /ɐˈsal.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to assalto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is assalto in Portuguese?
assalto appears 19 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).