proletário
Portuguese, noun/pɾo.leˈta.ɾju/
proletário is spelled P-R-O-L-E-T-Á-R-I-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 46,230th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Proletário is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “proletarian (a member of the proletariat)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “trabalhador que só dispõe da remuneração do seu trabalho para sustentar a si e a sua família”.
What does proletário mean in English?
adjective
- 1
proletarian (relating to proletariat)
noun
- 1
masculineproletarian (a member of the proletariat)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo a proletário ou ao proletariado
noun: 1. trabalhador que só dispõe da remuneração do seu trabalho para sustentar a si e a sua família
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 proletário
- proletária feminine
- proletários masculine plural
- proletárias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce proletário?
- Brazil /pɾo.leˈta.ɾju/
- Portugal /pɾu.lɨˈta.ɾju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to proletário
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is proletário in Portuguese?
proletário 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).