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metálico

Portuguese, adjective/meˈta.li.ku/

metálico is a Portuguese adjective meaning “metallic (made of or relating to metal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “referente aos metais”.

What does metálico mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    metallic (made of or relating to metal)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. referente aos metais

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 metálico

  • metálica feminine
  • metálicos masculine plural
  • metálicas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce metálico?

  • Brazil /meˈta.li.ku/
  • Portugal /mɨˈta.li.ku/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to metálico

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is metálico in Portuguese?

metálico appears 2.6 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).