clique
Portuguese, noun/ˈkli.ki/
clique is spelled C-L-I-Q-U-E (6 letters) and appears 56 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,705th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clique is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “clique (small, exclusive group of people)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of clicar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “barulho produzido por algum objeto ao ser completado um encaixe”.
What does clique mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineclique (small, exclusive group of people)
noun
- 1
masculineclick (sharp sound)
- 2
masculine(click)
- 3
masculineclick (the act of pressing a button)
- 4
masculinelight-bulb moment
Não estava a conseguir chegar ao resultado, mas subitamente deu-se-me um clique.
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
interjection: 1. onomatopeia que representa som breve e seco
noun: 1. barulho produzido por algum objeto ao ser completado um encaixe 2. ato de posicionar o ponteiro sobre uma representação da tela e apertar o botão do dispositivo que controla tal ponteiro, geralmente um rato (mouse) 3. som produzido pela entrada de ar pela boca 4. ideia
noun: 1. agrupamento social espontâneo, por simpatia e interesses comuns, dentro de um grupo maior 2. agrupamento de pessoas com a finalidade de prejudicar alguém ou algo
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 clique
- cliques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce clique?
- Brazil /ˈkli.ki/
- Portugal /ˈkli.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 clique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is clique in Portuguese?
clique appears 56 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).