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monitor

Portuguese, noun/mo.niˈtoʁ/

monitor is spelled M-O-N-I-T-O-R (7 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,515th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Monitor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “monitor (someone who watches over something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que admoesta, adverte ou dirige”.

What does monitor mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemonitor (someone who watches over something)

  2. 2

    masculinemonitor lizard (lizard of the genus Varanus)

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemonitor (computer display)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. relativo ao que demonstra ou controla o funcionamento de algo

noun: 1. aquele que admoesta, adverte ou dirige 2. aparelho de televisão que nos estúdios serve de guia à emissão 3. qualquer aparelho que avisa ou dá indicações 4. gênero de répteis sáurios da subordem dos Iacértidos

noun: 1. aparelho que serve para mostrar visualmente, como numa televisão, as informações de um sistema computacional

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 monitor

  • monitores plural
  • monitora feminine
  • monitoras feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce monitor?

  • Brazil /mo.niˈtoʁ/
  • Brazil [mo.niˈtoh]
  • /mo.niˈtoɾ/

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

English words that translate to monitor

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

How common is monitor in Portuguese?

monitor appears 9.8 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).

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