caratê
Portuguese, noun
caratê is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “karate (martial art)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, caraté is a different word: “alternative form of karaté”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “arte marcial criada com foco na luta desarmada e desenvolvida principalmente pelos habitantes da ilha de…”.
What does caratê mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekarate (martial art)
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of karaté
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. arte marcial criada com foco na luta desarmada e desenvolvida principalmente pelos habitantes da ilha de Okinawa, do arquipélago Ryukyu, no Japão
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.
English words that translate to caratê
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caratê in Portuguese?
caratê appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).