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sucata

Portuguese, noun/suˈka.tɐ/

sucata is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “waste, scrap, refuse, swarf” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ferro inútil”.

What does sucata mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininewaste, scrap, refuse, swarf

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ferro inútil 2. ferro que serviu em máquinas e que se aproveita para ser refundido; ferro velho 3. qualquer peça metálica imprestável 4. depósito desse tipo de material

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 sucata

  • sucatas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce sucata?

  • Brazil /suˈka.tɐ/
  • Portugal /suˈka.tɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to sucata

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is sucata in Portuguese?

sucata appears 1.7 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).