autoestrada
Portuguese, noun/ˌaw.tu.isˈtɾa.dɐ/
autoestrada is spelled A-U-T-O-E-S-T-R-A-D-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,491st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Autoestrada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “motorway (Britain, Ireland, New Zealand), freeway (Australia, Canada, US), highway (parts of the US), expressway (parts of Canada, parts of…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estrada de rodagem de automóveis onde é permitido correr a altas velocidades”.
What does autoestrada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemotorway (Britain, Ireland, New Zealand), freeway (Australia, Canada, US), highway (parts of the US), expressway (parts of Canada, parts of the US), controlled-access highway
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estrada de rodagem de automóveis onde é permitido correr a altas velocidades
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 autoestrada
- autoestradas plural
- auto-estrada alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce autoestrada?
- Brazil /ˌaw.tu.isˈtɾa.dɐ/
- Brazil [ˌaʊ̯.tu.isˈtɾa.dɐ]
- Brazil /ˌaw.tu.esˈtɾa.dɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to autoestrada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is autoestrada in Portuguese?
autoestrada 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).