recruta
Portuguese, noun/ʁeˈkɾu.tɐ/
recruta is spelled R-E-C-R-U-T-A (7 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,810th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recruta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “recruit (a newly enlisted soldier)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of recrutar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “primeiro grau militar”.
What does recruta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinerecruit (a newly enlisted soldier)
- 2
femininemasculineany newly enlisted or enrolled person
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. primeiro grau militar 2. pessoa inexperiente
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 recruta
- recrutas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recruta?
- Brazil /ʁeˈkɾu.tɐ/
- Brazil [heˈkɾu.tɐ]
- /ʁeˈkɾu.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to recruta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is recruta in Portuguese?
recruta appears 2.2 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).