sputnik
Portuguese, noun/is.pu.t͡ʃiˈni.ki/
sputnik is spelled S-P-U-T-N-I-K (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,025th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sputnik is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sputnik (a Soviet robotic space satellite)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does sputnik mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesputnik (a Soviet robotic space satellite)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of sputnik
- sputniks plural
- esputinique alternative Brazil rare
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sputnik?
- Brazil /is.pu.t͡ʃiˈni.ki/
- Brazil /es.pu.t͡ʃiˈni.ki/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sputnik
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sputnik in Portuguese?
sputnik appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).