motor
Portuguese, noun/moˈtoʁ/
motor is spelled M-O-T-O-R (5 letters) and appears 43 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,182nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Motor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “motor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dispositivo que converte outras formas de energia em energia mecânica, de forma a impelir movimento a uma…”.
What does motor mean in English?
adjective
- 1
motive
noun
- 1
masculinemotor
- 2
masculineengine
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que faz mover
noun: 1. dispositivo que converte outras formas de energia em energia mecânica, de forma a impelir movimento a uma máquina ou veículo
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 motor
- motora feminine
- motores masculine plural
- motoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce motor?
- Brazil /moˈtoʁ/
- Brazil [moˈtoh]
- /moˈtoɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to motor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is motor in Portuguese?
motor appears 43 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).