engate
Portuguese, noun/ẽˈɡa.t͡ʃi/
engate is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “hooking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of engatar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de engatar; engatamento”.
What does engate mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehooking
- 2
masculinehitching up, coupling
- 3
masculineclutch
- 4
masculinehitch
- 5
Portugalcolloquialmasculinepickup, flirt, cruise
Esse gajo anda ao engate.
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de engatar; engatamento 2. peça ou mecanismo utilizado para unir duas partes de um veículo (como vagões de trem, carroças, etc.)
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 engate
- engates plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engate?
- Brazil /ẽˈɡa.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil /ĩˈɡa.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ẽˈɡa.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to engate
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is engate in Portuguese?
engate appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).