cartel
Portuguese, noun/kaʁˈtɛw/
cartel is spelled C-A-R-T-E-L (6 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,158th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cartel is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cartel (a group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “acordo comercial entre empresas para estabelecerem monopólio, distribuindo entre si os mercados e…”.
What does cartel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecartel (a group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. acordo comercial entre empresas para estabelecerem monopólio, distribuindo entre si os mercados e determinando os preços 2. acordo entre chefes militares em guerra sobre medidas de interesse recíproco, principalmente a suspensão de armas ou a troca de prisioneiros 3. carta que se envia para desafiar alguém 4. listagem de títulos, premiações etc. de uma pessoa, uma instituição ou uma obra
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 cartel
- cartéis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cartel?
- Brazil /kaʁˈtɛw/
- Brazil [kahˈtɛʊ̯]
- /kaɾˈtɛw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cartel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cartel in Portuguese?
cartel appears 7.4 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).