GPS
Portuguese, noun
GPS is spelled G-P-S (3 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,879th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). GPS is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “GPS (global positioning system)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, GPs is a different word: “plural of GP”.
What does GPS mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineGPS (global positioning system)
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masculineGPS receiver
noun
- 1
Brazilfeminineinitialism of guia de previdência social
noun
- 1
plural of GP
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
English words that translate to GPS
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is GPS in Portuguese?
GPS appears 9.1 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).