quartel
Portuguese, noun/kwaʁˈtɛw/
quartel is spelled Q-U-A-R-T-E-L (7 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,280th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quartel is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “quarters, barracks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conjunto de instalações onde se alojam tropas e se guarda o respectivo equipamento”.
What does quartel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinequarters, barracks
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. conjunto de instalações onde se alojam tropas e se guarda o respectivo equipamento 2. abrigo, casa, domicílio, valhacouto 3. quarta parte de um todo 4. período de vinte e cinco anos
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 quartel
- quartéis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quartel?
- Brazil /kwaʁˈtɛw/
- Brazil [kwahˈtɛʊ̯]
- /kwaɾˈtɛw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quartel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quartel in Portuguese?
quartel appears 12 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).