coronel
Portuguese, noun/ko.ɾoˈnɛw/
coronel is spelled C-O-R-O-N-E-L (7 letters) and appears 41 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,275th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coronel is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “colonel (commissioned office in the armed services)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “patente militar, no Brasil entre o tenente-coronel e o general (abreviação: cel.)”.
What does coronel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecolonel (commissioned office in the armed services)
- 2
Brazilmasculinea politician in rural areas
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. patente militar, no Brasil entre o tenente-coronel e o general (abreviação: cel.) 2. patriarca e chefe político da zona rural, principalmente em Minas Gerais e no Nordeste 3. homem que gasta dinheiro no sustento de prostitutas
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 coronel
- coronéis plural
- coronela feminine
- coronelas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coronel?
- Brazil /ko.ɾoˈnɛw/
- Brazil [ko.ɾoˈnɛʊ̯]
- Portugal /ku.ɾuˈnɛl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to coronel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is coronel in Portuguese?
coronel appears 41 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).