mastim
Portuguese, noun/masˈt͡ʃĩ/
mastim is spelled M-A-S-T-I-M (6 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 110,210th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mastim is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “mastiff (large breed of dog)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “raça de cão de guarda do gado, corpulento e de caraterística pele grossa e pregueada no pescoço; nome dado a…”.
What does mastim mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemastiff (large breed of dog)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. raça de cão de guarda do gado, corpulento e de caraterística pele grossa e pregueada no pescoço; nome dado a diferentes raças de cães molossoides 2. cão que costuma latir muito e por qualquer motivo 3. policial agressivo; qualquer policial 4. pessoa maldizente
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 mastim
- mastins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mastim?
- Brazil /masˈt͡ʃĩ/
- /maʃˈt͡ʃĩ/
- Portugal /mɐʃˈtĩ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mastim
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mastim in Portuguese?
mastim appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).