diesel
Portuguese, noun/ˈd͡ʒi.zew/
diesel is spelled D-I-E-S-E-L (6 letters) and appears 7.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,870th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diesel is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative spelling of dísel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “um tipo de combustível derivado do petróleo”.
What does diesel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of dísel
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. um tipo de combustível derivado do petróleo
noun: 1. óleo combustível composto por hidrocarbonetos derivado do petróleo
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 diesel
- diesels plural
- disel masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diesel?
- Brazil /ˈd͡ʒi.zew/
- Brazil [ˈd͡ʒi.zeʊ̯]
- Portugal /ˈdi.zɛl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to diesel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diesel in Portuguese?
diesel appears 7.8 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).