setor
Portuguese, noun/seˈtoʁ/
setor is spelled S-E-T-O-R (5 letters) and appears 60 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,607th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Setor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sector; section (part, piece, subdivision of anything)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “parte de um círculo delimitada por dois raios e o segmento de curva correspondente na circunferência”.
What does setor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesector; section (part, piece, subdivision of anything)
- 2
masculinesector (part of a circle, extending to the center)
- 3
masculinesector; zone (designated area)
- 4
masculinesector (military operation area)
- 5
masculinesector (a part of the economy)
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. parte de um círculo delimitada por dois raios e o segmento de curva correspondente na circunferência 2. região da zona de combate onde uma dada unidade desenvolve suas operações 3. instrumento usado para medir a distância angular entre dois astros 4. parte de um bloco de armazenamento em disco
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 setor
- setores plural
- sector alternative Portugal
- setora feminine
- setoras feminine plural
- stor alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce setor?
- Brazil /seˈtoʁ/
- Brazil [seˈtoh]
- /seˈtoɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to setor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is setor in Portuguese?
setor appears 60 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).