pirata
Portuguese, noun/piˈɾa.tɐ/
pirata is spelled P-I-R-A-T-A (6 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,745th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pirata is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pirate (person who commits robbery at sea against other ships)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aventureiro que corre os mares para saquear e pilhar”.
What does pirata mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinepirate (person who commits robbery at sea against other ships)
- 2
femininemasculinepirate (person who reproduces copyrighted works without permission)
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinepirate, pirated
Um DVD pirata.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ilegal, que não tem legalidade para atuar 2. criado com similaridade a produto de um fabricante de modo a imitá-lo e passar como tal
noun: 1. aventureiro que corre os mares para saquear e pilhar 2. pessoa que enriquece à custa de outrem 3. malandro 4. namorador
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 pirata
- piratas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pirata?
- Brazil /piˈɾa.tɐ/
- Portugal /piˈɾa.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pirata
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pirata in Portuguese?
pirata appears 9.3 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).