manchete
Portuguese, noun/mɐ̃ˈʃɛ.t͡ʃi/
manchete is spelled M-A-N-C-H-E-T-E (8 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,590th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Manchete is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “headline (heading or title of an article)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “título de notícias, em jornais, às vezes em letras garrafais”.
What does manchete mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineheadline (heading or title of an article)
- 2
femininereception of the ball on extended arms
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. título de notícias, em jornais, às vezes em letras garrafais
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 manchete
- manchetes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce manchete?
- Brazil /mɐ̃ˈʃɛ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /mɐ̃ˈʃɛ.tɨ/
- Portugal /mɐ̃tˈʃɛ.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 manchete
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is manchete in Portuguese?
manchete appears 8.1 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).