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autofoco

Portuguese, noun/ˌaw.tuˈfɔ.ku/

autofoco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “autofocus (electronic device that keeps the image in focus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “engenho de sistemas ópticos que permite obter e/ou também manter continuamente foco correto no objeto, ao…”.

What does autofoco mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineautofocus (electronic device that keeps the image in focus)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. engenho de sistemas ópticos que permite obter e/ou também manter continuamente foco correto no objeto, ao invés de requerer que o operador da câmera fotográfica faça o ajuste manualmente

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.

How do you pronounce autofoco?

  • Brazil /ˌaw.tuˈfɔ.ku/
  • Brazil [ˌaʊ̯.tuˈfɔ.ku]
  • Brazil /ˌaw.toˈfɔ.ku/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to autofoco

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

How common is autofoco in Portuguese?

autofoco appears about once in every 34 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).