underline
Portuguese, noun/ˌɐ̃.deʁˈlaj.ni/
underline is spelled U-N-D-E-R-L-I-N-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese, the 142,541st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Underline is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “underscore (name of the character _)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ver sublinha, subtraço, traço inferior”.
What does underline mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineunderscore (name of the character _)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ver sublinha, subtraço, traço inferior 2. nome do símbolo _
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 underline
- underlines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce underline?
- Brazil /ˌɐ̃.deʁˈlaj.ni/
- Brazil [ˌɐ̃.deɦˈlaɪ̯.ni]
- Brazil /ˌũ.deʁˈlaj.ni/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to underline
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is underline in Portuguese?
underline appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).