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quilowatt

Portuguese, noun/ki.loˈwɔ.t͡ʃi/

quilowatt is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “kilowatt (1000 watts)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que quilovátio”.

What does quilowatt mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinekilowatt (1000 watts)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. o mesmo que quilovátio

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 quilowatt

  • quilowatts plural
  • kilowatt alternative
  • quilovate alternative Brazil uncommon
  • quilovátio alternative Brazil uncommon
  • kilovate alternative Brazil obsolete
  • kilowate alternative Brazil obsolete

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

How do you pronounce quilowatt?

  • Brazil /ki.loˈwɔ.t͡ʃi/
  • Portugal /ki.luˈwɔ.tɨ/

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

English words that translate to quilowatt

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

How common is quilowatt in Portuguese?

quilowatt appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).