cabrestante
Portuguese, noun/ka.bɾesˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
cabrestante is spelled C-A-B-R-E-S-T-A-N-T-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese, the 174,701st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cabrestante is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “capstan (vertical cleated drum or cylinder used to hoist heavy weights)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aparelho utilizado em barcos para auxiliar o levantar da âncora”.
What does cabrestante mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecapstan (vertical cleated drum or cylinder used to hoist heavy weights)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aparelho utilizado em barcos para auxiliar o levantar da âncora
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 cabrestante
- cabrestantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cabrestante?
- Brazil /ka.bɾesˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- /ka.bɾeʃˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /kɐ.bɾɨʃˈtɐ̃.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cabrestante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cabrestante in Portuguese?
cabrestante appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).