noroeste
Portuguese, noun/no.ɾoˈɛs.t͡ʃi/
noroeste is spelled N-O-R-O-E-S-T-E (8 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,515th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Noroeste is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “northwest (compass point)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ponto cardeal situado no meio exato entre o norte e o oeste”.
What does noroeste mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenorthwest (compass point)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ponto cardeal situado no meio exato entre o norte e o oeste.
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 noroeste
- NO alternative abbreviation
- NW alternative abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce noroeste?
- Brazil /no.ɾoˈɛs.t͡ʃi/
- /no.ɾoˈɛʃ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /nɔˈɾwɛʃ.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 noroeste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is noroeste in Portuguese?
noroeste 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).