massacre
Portuguese, noun/maˈsa.kɾi/
massacre is spelled M-A-S-S-A-C-R-E (8 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Massacre is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “massacre” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of massacrar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “assassinato de um número considerável de pessoas sob circunstâncias de atrocidade e crueldade”.
What does massacre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemassacre
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. assassinato de um número considerável de pessoas sob circunstâncias de atrocidade e crueldade
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 massacre
- massacres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce massacre?
- Brazil /maˈsa.kɾi/
- Portugal /mɐˈsa.kɾɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to massacre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is massacre in Portuguese?
massacre appears 14 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).