karaté
Portuguese, noun/ka.ɾaˈtɛ/
karaté is spelled K-A-R-A-T-É (6 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,592nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Karaté is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “karate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécie de combate de origem japonesa”.
What does karaté mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekarate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. variante ortográfica de caratê
noun: 1. espécie de combate de origem japonesa
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 karaté
- caraté alternative
- karatê alternative
- caratê alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce karaté?
- Portugal /ka.ɾaˈtɛ/
- Portugal /ka.ɾa.ˈtɛ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to karaté
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is karaté in Portuguese?
karaté appears 1.8 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).