suboficial
Portuguese, noun/su.bo.fi.siˈaw/
suboficial is spelled S-U-B-O-F-I-C-I-A-L (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 66,070th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Suboficial is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “subofficer (subordinate officer)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does suboficial mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesubofficer (subordinate officer)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of suboficial
- suboficiais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce suboficial?
- Brazil /su.bo.fi.siˈaw/
- Brazil [su.bo.fi.siˈaʊ̯]
- Brazil /su.bo.fiˈsjaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is suboficial in Portuguese?
suboficial appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).