torpedeiro
Portuguese, noun/toʁ.peˈde(j).ɾu/
torpedeiro is spelled T-O-R-P-E-D-E-I-R-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 133,944th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Torpedeiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “torpedo boat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “navio desenhado para lançar torpedos”.
What does torpedeiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetorpedo boat
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. navio desenhado para lançar torpedos 2. avião desenhado para atacar navios com torpedos
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 torpedeiro
- torpedeiros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce torpedeiro?
- Brazil /toʁ.peˈde(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [toh.peˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is torpedeiro in Portuguese?
torpedeiro appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).