rodovia
Portuguese, noun/ʁo.doˈvi.ɐ/
rodovia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “highway (main, direct public road)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “via rural asfaltada para tráfego de veículos; estrada de rodagem”.
What does rodovia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehighway (main, direct public road)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. via rural asfaltada para tráfego de veículos; estrada de rodagem
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 rodovia
- rodovias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rodovia?
- Brazil /ʁo.doˈvi.ɐ/
- Brazil [ho.doˈvi.ɐ]
- /ʁo.doˈvi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rodovia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rodovia in Portuguese?
rodovia appears 17 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).