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firewall

Portuguese, noun/faj.ɾewˈɔw/

firewall is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “firewall (computer software that monitors traffic in a network)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does firewall mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculinefirewall (computer software that monitors traffic in a network)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of firewall

  • firewalls plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce firewall?

  • Brazil /faj.ɾewˈɔw/
  • Brazil [faɪ̯.ɾeʊ̯ˈɔʊ̯]
  • Portugal /faj.ɾewˈɔl/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to firewall

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is firewall in Portuguese?

firewall appears 3.0 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).