hacker
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁa.keʁ/
hacker is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “hacker (one who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ver ráquer (especialista da área da tecnologia da informação que utiliza seus extensos conhecimentos para…”.
What does hacker mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinehacker (one who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer)
- 2
femininemasculinehacker (one who uses a computer to gain unauthorised access to data)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ver ráquer (especialista da área da tecnologia da informação que utiliza seus extensos conhecimentos para invadir sistemas e realizar atividades maliciosas)
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 hacker
- hackers plural
- ráquer alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hacker?
- Brazil /ˈʁa.keʁ/
- Brazil [ˈha.keh]
- /ˈʁa.keɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hacker
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hacker in Portuguese?
hacker appears 4.7 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).