switch
Portuguese, noun/ˈswit͡ʃ/
switch is spelled S-W-I-T-C-H (6 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,758th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Switch is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “switch (device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mesa de corte”.
What does switch mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineswitch (device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously)
- 2
masculineswitch (command line notation allowing specification of optional behaviour)
- 3
masculineswitch (construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mesa de corte
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 switch
- switches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce switch?
- Brazil /ˈswit͡ʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is switch in Portuguese?
switch appears 3.5 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).