motocicleta
Portuguese, noun/mo.to.siˈklɛ.tɐ/
motocicleta is spelled M-O-T-O-C-I-C-L-E-T-A (11 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 16,696th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Motocicleta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “motorcycle (open-seated motor-powered vehicle with two wheels)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “veículo com duas rodas, semelhante a uma bicicleta, mas motorizado”.
What does motocicleta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemotorcycle (open-seated motor-powered vehicle with two wheels)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. veículo com duas rodas, semelhante a uma bicicleta, mas motorizado
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 motocicleta
- motocicletas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce motocicleta?
- Brazil /mo.to.siˈklɛ.tɐ/
- Portugal /mɔ.tɔ.siˈklɛ.tɐ/
- /ˌmɔtosiˈklɛta/ ou /motosiˈklɛta/ plural: /ˌmɔtosiˈklɛtas/ ou /motosiˈklɛtas/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to motocicleta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is motocicleta in Portuguese?
motocicleta appears 3.2 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).