backup
Portuguese, noun/beˈka.pi/
backup is spelled B-A-C-K-U-P (6 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,529th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Backup is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “backup (copy of file or record)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cópia de segurança”.
What does backup mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebackup (copy of file or record)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cópia de segurança
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 backup
- backups plural
- becape alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce backup?
- Brazil /beˈka.pi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to backup
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is backup in Portuguese?
backup appears 2.3 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).