esquife
Portuguese, noun/isˈki.fi/
esquife is spelled E-S-Q-U-I-F-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 74,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esquife is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “skiff” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tumba, caixão”.
What does esquife mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineskiff
- 2
masculinetomb
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tumba, caixão 2. batel grande 3. barco 4. catre, pequeno leito
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 esquife
- esquifes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esquife?
- Brazil /isˈki.fi/
- Brazil /esˈki.fi/
- /iʃˈki.fi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is esquife in Portuguese?
esquife appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).