combate
Portuguese, noun/kõˈba.t͡ʃi/
combate is spelled C-O-M-B-A-T-E (7 letters) and appears 69 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,387th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Combate is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a battle, especially a short one; skirmish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of combater. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de combater”.
What does combate mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea battle, especially a short one; skirmish
- 2
masculinefighting, or a fight, in a sport context
- 3
masculinefierce campaigning or effort against something; war
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-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. ato ou efeito de combater 2. batalha entre exércitos organizados; recontro; episódio de uma guerra: 3. encontro entre adversários em qualquer modalidade desportiva de luta: 4. campanha contra ou a favor de uma ideia ou de uma causa:
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 combate
- combates plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce combate?
- Brazil /kõˈba.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /kõˈba.tɨ/
- Portugal /kõ.ˈba.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to combate
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is combate in Portuguese?
combate appears 69 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).