cupê
Portuguese, noun
cupê is spelled C-U-P-Ê (4 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 61,435th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cupê is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “coupe (carriage with two seats)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, cupé is a different word: “Portuguese person; used in the colonial era”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “carruagem fechada de tração animal, de duas portas e dois lugares, com o cocheiro utilizando um banco à frente”.
What does cupê mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecoupe (carriage with two seats)
- 2
masculinecoupe (automobile with two doors)
noun
- 1
masculinePortuguese person; used in the colonial era
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of cupê
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. carruagem fechada de tração animal, de duas portas e dois lugares, com o cocheiro utilizando um banco à frente 2. automóvel de passeio ou esportivo, de duas portas
noun: 1. carruagem fechada de tração animal, de duas portas e dois lugares, com o cocheiro utilizando um banco à frente 2. automóvel de passeio ou esportivo, de duas portas
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 cupê
- cupés plural
- cupês plural
- cupé alternative
- coupé alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is cupê in Portuguese?
cupê appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).