pistão
Portuguese, noun/pisˈtɐ̃w̃/
pistão is spelled P-I-S-T-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 26,665th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pistão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “piston (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peça cilíndrica normalmente feita de alumínio ou liga de alumínio, que se move longitudinalmente no interior…”.
What does pistão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepiston (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peça cilíndrica normalmente feita de alumínio ou liga de alumínio, que se move longitudinalmente no interior do cilindro dos motores de explosão 2. pistom
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 pistão
- pistões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pistão?
- Brazil /pisˈtɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [pisˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /piʃ.ˈtɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pistão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pistão in Portuguese?
pistão appears 1.5 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).