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paratleta

Portuguese, noun/pa.ɾaˈtlɛ.tɐ/

paratleta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “para-athlete” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que pratica alguma atividade desportiva e é portadora de alguma deficiência”.

What does paratleta mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculinepara-athlete

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. pessoa que pratica alguma atividade desportiva e é portadora de alguma deficiência

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 paratleta

  • paratletas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce paratleta?

  • Brazil /pa.ɾaˈtlɛ.tɐ/
  • Portugal /pɐ.ɾɐˈtlɛ.tɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is paratleta in Portuguese?

paratleta appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).