gaveto
Portuguese, noun/ɡaˈve.tu/
gaveto is spelled G-A-V-E-T-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese, the 164,273rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gaveto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “curved wood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does gaveto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecurved wood
- 2
masculinecorner (of a building)
o prédio situado no gaveto
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of gaveto
- gavetos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gaveto?
- Brazil /ɡaˈve.tu/
- Portugal /ɡɐˈve.tu/
- Portugal /ɡɐˈbe.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gaveto in Portuguese?
gaveto appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).