emissário
Portuguese, noun/e.miˈsa.ɾju/
emissário is spelled E-M-I-S-S-Á-R-I-O (9 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 33,314th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Emissário is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “emissary (an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mensageiro”.
What does emissário mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineemissary (an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que serve para emitir
noun: 1. mensageiro 2. espião 3. aquele que é mandado em uma missão 4. canal, tubulação
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 emissário
- emissários plural
- emissária feminine
- emissárias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce emissário?
- Brazil /e.miˈsa.ɾju/
- Portugal /i.miˈsa.ɾju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to emissário
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is emissário in Portuguese?
emissário appears 1.0 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).