subalterno
Portuguese, noun/su.bawˈtɛʁ.nu/
subalterno is spelled S-U-B-A-L-T-E-R-N-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 56,596th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Subalterno is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “subordinate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo subalterno”.
What does subalterno mean in English?
adjective
- 1
subordinate
noun
- 1
masculinesubordinate
- 2
masculinesubaltern
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que está sujeito ou sob o comando de outro 2. que tem autoridade ou ocupa patente inferior à de outro 3. subordinado 4. inferior
noun: 1. indivíduo subalterno
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 subalterno
- subalterna feminine
- subalternos masculine plural
- subalternas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce subalterno?
- Brazil /su.bawˈtɛʁ.nu/
- Brazil [su.baʊ̯ˈtɛɦ.nu]
- /su.bawˈtɛɾ.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to subalterno
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is subalterno in Portuguese?
subalterno appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).