espacate
Portuguese, noun
espacate is spelled E-S-P-A-C-A-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 133,944th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espacate is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “splits (manoeuvre in dance or gymnastics by which the legs are extended straight out and perpendicular to the body)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “posição corporal em que ambas pernas são flexionadas na altura da cintura em direções opostas enquanto se…”.
What does espacate mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesplits (manoeuvre in dance or gymnastics by which the legs are extended straight out and perpendicular to the body)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. posição corporal em que ambas pernas são flexionadas na altura da cintura em direções opostas enquanto se mantém as articulações dos joelhos sem flexionar-se
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 espacate
- espacates plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to espacate
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is espacate in Portuguese?
espacate appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).