catraca
Portuguese, noun/kaˈtɾa.kɐ/
catraca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “turnstile (rotating mechanical device)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “instrumento a que se adapta uma broca para furar chapas de metal”.
What does catraca mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineturnstile (rotating mechanical device)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. instrumento a que se adapta uma broca para furar chapas de metal 2. dispositivo no eixo da manivela de um arco de pua ou de uma chave de fenda que possibilita o seu funcionamento nos lugares em que não há espaço para dar uma volta completa no braço do instrumento 3. roleta
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 catraca
- catracas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce catraca?
- Brazil /kaˈtɾa.kɐ/
- Portugal /kɐˈtɾa.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to catraca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is catraca in Portuguese?
catraca appears 1.5 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).