drive
Portuguese, noun/ˈdɾaj.vi/
drive is spelled D-R-I-V-E (5 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,626th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Drive is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “drive (a mass-storage device)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dispositivo de entrada e saída, capaz de ler e gravar informações em discos, disquetes ou fitas”.
What does drive mean in English?
noun
- 1
BrazilPortugalfemininemasculinedrive (a mass-storage device)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dispositivo de entrada e saída, capaz de ler e gravar informações em discos, disquetes ou fitas 2. no sistema operacional Windows, parte do disco rígido de um computador onde se armazenam dados e que é designada por uma letra do alfabeto seguida do sinal de dois-pontos
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 drive
- drives plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce drive?
- Brazil /ˈdɾaj.vi/
- Brazil [ˈdɾaɪ̯.vi]
- Brazil /ˈdɾajv/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is drive in Portuguese?
drive appears 11 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).