piquete
Portuguese, noun/piˈke.t͡ʃi/
piquete is spelled P-I-Q-U-E-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 39,050th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piquete is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “small troop or guard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conjunto de grevistas”.
What does piquete mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesmall troop or guard
- 2
masculineany other group of soldiers, firefighters or policemen
- 3
masculinegroup of strikers (workers on strike)
piquete de greve
- 4
masculinea number of workers designated for turn-based work
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. conjunto de grevistas
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de São Paulo
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 piquete
- piquetes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce piquete?
- Brazil /piˈke.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /piˈke.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 piquete
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is piquete in Portuguese?
piquete appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).