grumete
Portuguese, noun/ɡɾuˈmɛ.t͡ʃi/
grumete is spelled G-R-U-M-E-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 117,162nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grumete is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cabin boy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “marinheiro que tem na armada a graduação inferior”.
What does grumete mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecabin boy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. marinheiro que tem na armada a graduação inferior 2. habitante de Cacheu
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 grumete
- grumetes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grumete?
- Brazil /ɡɾuˈmɛ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ɡɾuˈmɛ.tɨ/
- Portugal /ɡɾu.ˈme.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grumete
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grumete in Portuguese?
grumete appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).