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auto

Portuguese, noun/ˈaw.tu/

auto is spelled A-U-T-O (4 letters) and appears 68 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,429th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Auto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a public deed or ceremony” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “solenidade; ação pública”.

What does auto mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinea public deed or ceremony

  2. 2

    masculineauto (a sub-genre of dramatic literature)

  3. 3

    datedmasculineact; deed

  4. 4

    masculineact (record of an accomplishment)

  5. 5

    masculineexhibit (document used in court as evidence)

  6. 6

    masculineincident report (verbal testimony of an event)

noun

  1. 1

    Portugalmasculineautomobile; car

prefix

as auto-
  1. 1

    self-; auto- (done by or directed at oneself)

  2. 2

    auto- (automatic)

  3. 3

    auto- (relating to automobiles)

  4. 4

    Brazileigen- (relating to eigenvectors and eigenvalues)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. solenidade; ação pública 2. narração escrita e autenticada de qualquer ato 3. composição dramática nascida na Idade Média com argumento bíblico ou alegórico 4. ato; ação; feito

prefix: 1. relativo a si mesmo; próprio 2. relativo a automóvel

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 auto

  • autos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce auto?

  • Brazil /ˈaw.tu/
  • Brazil [ˈaʊ̯.tu]
  • Portugal /ˈaw.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 auto

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is auto in Portuguese?

auto appears 68 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).

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