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eléctrico

Portuguese, noun

eléctrico is spelled E-L-É-C-T-R-I-C-O (9 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,247th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eléctrico is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of elétrico; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, electrico is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vide elétrico”.

What does eléctrico mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of elétrico; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of elétrico; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

adjective

as electrico
  1. 1

    pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of elétrico

noun

as electrico
  1. 1

    masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of elétrico

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. vide elétrico

noun: 1. vide elétrico

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 eléctrico

  • eléctrica feminine
  • eléctricos masculine plural
  • eléctricas feminine plural
  • electrica feminine
  • electricos masculine plural
  • electricas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How common is eléctrico in Portuguese?

eléctrico appears 2.0 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).

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