subtenente
Portuguese, noun/ˌsub.teˈnẽ.t͡ʃi/
subtenente is spelled S-U-B-T-E-N-E-N-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,483rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Subtenente is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “second lieutenant (the rank below a lieutenant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does subtenente mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesecond lieutenant (the rank below a lieutenant)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of subtenente
- subtenentes plural
- sub-tenente alternative misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce subtenente?
- Brazil /ˌsub.teˈnẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil /ˌsu.bi.teˈnẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ˌsub.tɨˈnẽ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is subtenente in Portuguese?
subtenente 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).