túnel
Portuguese, noun/ˈtũ.new/
túnel is spelled T-Ú-N-E-L (5 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,626th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Túnel is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tunnel (an underground or underwater passage)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “galeria subterrânea usada como via de comunicação”.
What does túnel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetunnel (an underground or underwater passage)
- 2
Portugalmasculinenutmeg (the playing of the ball between the legs of an opponent)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. galeria subterrânea usada como via de comunicação
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 túnel
- túneis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce túnel?
- Brazil /ˈtũ.new/
- Brazil [ˈtũ.neʊ̯]
- Portugal /ˈtu.nɛl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to túnel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is túnel in Portuguese?
túnel appears 11 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).