corsário
Portuguese, noun/koʁˈsa.ɾju/
corsário is spelled C-O-R-S-Á-R-I-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 56,014th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Corsário is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pirate; corsair (one who plunders at sea)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “navio de corso”.
What does corsário mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepirate; corsair (one who plunders at sea)
- 2
masculineprivateer (crew member of a private warship sanctioned to attack enemy ships)
- 3
masculinescoundrel, rogue
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo a corso
noun: 1. navio de corso 2. homem que anda a corso 3. pirata 4. o mesmo que patife
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 corsário
- corsários plural
- corsária feminine
- corsárias feminine plural
- cossário alternative archaic
- cossairo alternative archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce corsário?
- Brazil /koʁˈsa.ɾju/
- Brazil [kohˈsa.ɾju]
- /koɾˈsa.ɾju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to corsário
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is corsário in Portuguese?
corsário appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).