paramédico
Portuguese, noun/pa.ɾaˈmɛ.d͡ʒi.ku/
paramédico is spelled P-A-R-A-M-É-D-I-C-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,826th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paramédico is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “paramedic (emergency healthcare professional trained to stabilise people outside the hospital)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does paramédico mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineparamedic (emergency healthcare professional trained to stabilise people outside the hospital)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se das profissões e do pessoal que não faz parte das profissões médicas, mas que dizem respeito, nos planos técnico ou administrativo, às atividades relativas à saúde. 2. que tem atuação secundária na área da saúde, sem ser médico.
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 paramédico
- paramédicos plural
- paramédica feminine
- paramédicas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paramédico?
- Brazil /pa.ɾaˈmɛ.d͡ʒi.ku/
- Portugal /pɐ.ɾɐˈmɛ.di.ku/
- Portugal [pɐ.ɾɐˈmɛ.ði.ku]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to paramédico
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paramédico in Portuguese?
paramédico appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).