reflector
Portuguese, noun
reflector is spelled R-E-F-L-E-C-T-O-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 94,578th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reflector is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of refletor; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does reflector mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of refletor; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
adjective
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of refletor; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of reflector
- reflectores plural
- reflectora feminine
- reflectoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is reflector in Portuguese?
reflector appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).