nocaute
Portuguese, noun/noˈkaw.t͡ʃi/
nocaute is spelled N-O-C-A-U-T-E (7 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,561st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nocaute is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “knockout (act of making someone unconscious in a fight)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de derrubar o adversário prostando-o de modo a que ele não consiga levantar-se, no jogo do boxe”.
What does nocaute mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculineknockout (act of making someone unconscious in a fight)
adjective
- 1
Brazilfemininemasculineunconscious
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de derrubar o adversário prostando-o de modo a que ele não consiga levantar-se, no jogo do boxe 2. situação de inconsciência ou de semiconsciência provocada por um ou vários golpes do adversário 3. estado do que bebeu demais, recebeu notícias perturbadoras ou tomou medicamentos em excesso
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 nocaute
- nocautes plural
- knockout alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nocaute?
- Brazil /noˈkaw.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [noˈkaʊ̯.t͡ʃi]
- Portugal /nɔˈkaw.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nocaute
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nocaute in Portuguese?
nocaute appears 1.9 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).