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calafate

Portuguese, noun/ka.laˈfa.t͡ʃi/

calafate is spelled C-A-L-A-F-A-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,701st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calafate is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “caulker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que trabalha ou é especializado em calafetação (de tonéis, pisos de madeira etc.)”.

What does calafate mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecaulker

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. aquele que trabalha ou é especializado em calafetação (de tonéis, pisos de madeira etc.) 2. operário encarregado de calafetar, furar e encavilhar o costado e o fundo do navio, bem como de preparar as bombas de esgoto 3. vento forte de leste que ocasionalmente sopra no litoral, por vezes causando danos às embarcações 4. arbusto de até 2 m (Berberis ruscifolia), da família das berberidáceas, nativo da Argentina, Brasil (RS) e Uruguai, de folhas quase lanceoladas, com um espinho no ápice, flores amareladas em racemos e pequenas bagas pretas comestíveis, embora insípidas ou levemente amargas; calafate-da-patagônia

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 calafate

  • calafates plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce calafate?

  • Brazil /ka.laˈfa.t͡ʃi/
  • Portugal /kɐ.lɐˈfa.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 calafate

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

How common is calafate in Portuguese?

calafate appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.

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

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