tórax
Portuguese, noun/ˈtɔ.ɾaks/
tórax is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “thorax” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conjunto que compreende a cavidade torácica, órgãos nela contidos, e paredes que circunscrevem essa cavidade…”.
What does tórax mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethorax
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. conjunto que compreende a cavidade torácica, órgãos nela contidos, e paredes que circunscrevem essa cavidade, sita entre o pescoço, acima, e o abdome, abaixo; peito 2. o mesmo que torace
noun: 1. plural de tórax
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 tórax
- tóraxes plural
- tórace alternative
- thorax alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tórax?
- Brazil /ˈtɔ.ɾaks/
- Portugal /ˈtɔ.ɾaks/
- /ˈtɔ.ɾa̝ks/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tórax
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tórax in Portuguese?
tórax appears 3.2 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).