cheque
Portuguese, noun/ˈʃɛ.ki/
cheque is spelled C-H-E-Q-U-E (6 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,139th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cheque is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cheque, check” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of checar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ordem de débito, em papel, do emitente para o banco onde ele tem conta corrente para pagar determinada…”.
What does cheque mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecheque, check
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ordem de débito, em papel, do emitente para o banco onde ele tem conta corrente para pagar determinada quantia ao beneficiário
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 cheque
- cheques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cheque?
- Brazil /ˈʃɛ.ki/
- Portugal /ˈʃɛ.kɨ/
- Portugal /ˈt͡ʃɛ.kɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cheque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cheque in Portuguese?
cheque appears 6.5 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).