valete
Portuguese, noun/vaˈlɛ.t͡ʃi/
valete is spelled V-A-L-E-T-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 37,239th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Valete is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “jack” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “num baralho convencional, carta identificada pela letra J (do inglês Jack) e que habitualmente vale mais do…”.
What does valete mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejack
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. num baralho convencional, carta identificada pela letra J (do inglês Jack) e que habitualmente vale mais do que as cartas numeradas, mas menos do que o rei e a dama
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 valete
- valetes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce valete?
- Brazil /vaˈlɛ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /vaˈlɛ.tɨ/
- Portugal /baˈlɛ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to valete
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is valete in Portuguese?
valete appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).