motim
Portuguese, noun/moˈt͡ʃĩ/
motim is spelled M-O-T-I-M (5 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,534th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Motim is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “mutiny, riot, insurrection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “insurreição, organizada ou não, contra qualquer autoridade civil ou militar instituída, caracterizada por…”.
What does motim mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemutiny, riot, insurrection
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. insurreição, organizada ou não, contra qualquer autoridade civil ou militar instituída, caracterizada por atos explícitos de desobediência, de não cumprimento de deveres, de desordem e geralmente acompanhada de levante de armas e de grande tumulto 2. insurreição contra a autoridade militar 3. entre os militares, crime contra a disciplina 4. grande estrépito; ruído estrondoso
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 motim
- motins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce motim?
- Brazil /moˈt͡ʃĩ/
- Portugal /muˈtĩ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to motim
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is motim in Portuguese?
motim appears 3.9 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).