automóvel
Portuguese, noun/aw.toˈmɔ.vew/
automóvel is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “automobile (any vehicle that moves on the ground using its own power)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “veículo (ou carruagem) com motor próprio”.
What does automóvel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineautomobile (any vehicle that moves on the ground using its own power)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que se movimenta por si próprio
noun: 1. veículo (ou carruagem) com motor próprio
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 automóvel
- automóveis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce automóvel?
- Brazil /aw.toˈmɔ.vew/
- Brazil [aʊ̯.toˈmɔ.veʊ̯]
- Portugal /aw.tuˈmɔ.vɛl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to automóvel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is automóvel in Portuguese?
automóvel appears 11 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).