combustível
Portuguese, noun/kõ.busˈt͡ʃi.vew/
combustível is spelled C-O-M-B-U-S-T-Í-V-E-L (11 letters) and appears 33 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,719th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Combustível is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fuel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “substância usada como fonte de energia em máquinas, motores, geradores”.
What does combustível mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefuel
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinecombustible
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que arde, incendeia, queima 2. que tem a propriedade de se consumir pela combustão
noun: 1. substância usada como fonte de energia em máquinas, motores, geradores 2. lenha ou qualquer substância com que se faz lume 3. causa, motivo ou alimento de (perturbação, tumulto, etc.)
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 combustível
- combustíveis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce combustível?
- Brazil /kõ.busˈt͡ʃi.vew/
- Brazil [kõ.busˈt͡ʃi.veʊ̯]
- /kõ.buʃˈt͡ʃi.vew/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to combustível
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is combustível in Portuguese?
combustível appears 33 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).