retrovisor
Portuguese, noun/ˌʁɛ.tɾo.viˈzoʁ/
retrovisor is spelled R-E-T-R-O-V-I-S-O-R (10 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,005th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retrovisor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “rear-view mirror (mirror in a vehicle giving view of the traffic behind)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequeno espelho posicionado a frente do motorista para que ele tenha uma visão da traseira sem precisar se…”.
What does retrovisor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerear-view mirror (mirror in a vehicle giving view of the traffic behind)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pequeno espelho posicionado a frente do motorista para que ele tenha uma visão da traseira sem precisar se virar
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 retrovisor
- retrovisores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retrovisor?
- Brazil /ˌʁɛ.tɾo.viˈzoʁ/
- Brazil [ˌhɛ.tɾo.viˈzoh]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is retrovisor in Portuguese?
retrovisor appears 1.4 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).