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electro-

Portuguese, prefix

electro- is spelled E-L-E-C-T-R-O (7 letters). Electro- is a Portuguese prefix meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of eletro-; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vide eletro-”.

What does electro- mean in English?

prefix

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    pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of eletro-; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

prefix: 1. vide eletro-

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.

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