estopim
Portuguese, noun/is.toˈpĩ/
estopim is spelled E-S-T-O-P-I-M (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,104th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estopim is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fuse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “artefato usado para inflamar uma carga explosiva”.
What does estopim mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefuse
- 2
masculinespark (a small event that causes a succession of other events)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. artefato usado para inflamar uma carga explosiva 2. causa imediata de algo
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 estopim
- estopins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estopim?
- Brazil /is.toˈpĩ/
- Brazil /es.toˈpĩ/
- /iʃ.toˈpĩ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to estopim
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estopim in Portuguese?
estopim appears 1.1 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).