DETRAN
Portuguese, noun
DETRAN is spelled D-E-T-R-A-N (6 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,529th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). DETRAN is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “acronym of Departamento Estadual de Trânsito, referring to either the government body (singular-only) or to one of its offices” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Detran is a different word: “alternative spelling of DETRAN”.
What does DETRAN mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculineacronym of Departamento Estadual de Trânsito, referring to either the government body (singular-only) or to one of its offices.
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of DETRAN
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. sigla para Departamento Estadual de Trânsito
abbreviation: 1. sigla para Departamento Estadual de Trânsito
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 DETRAN
- DETRANs plural
- DETRANS plural
- Detran alternative
- Detrans plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to DETRAN
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is DETRAN in Portuguese?
DETRAN appears 2.3 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).