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propulsor

Portuguese, noun/pɾo.puwˈsoʁ/

propulsor is spelled P-R-O-P-U-L-S-O-R (9 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 30,037th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Propulsor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “propeller (mechanical device used to propel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o que produz propulsão”.

What does propulsor mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepropeller (mechanical device used to propel)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. o que produz propulsão 2. o que transmite movimento a certos maquinismos

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 propulsor

  • propulsores plural

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

How do you pronounce propulsor?

  • Brazil /pɾo.puwˈsoʁ/
  • Brazil [pɾo.puʊ̯ˈsoh]
  • /pɾo.puwˈsoɾ/

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

English words that translate to propulsor

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is propulsor in Portuguese?

propulsor appears 1.2 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).

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