vate
Portuguese, noun/ˈva.t͡ʃi/
vate is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “vates (divinely inspired poet)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “poeta, trovador”.
What does vate mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinevates (divinely inspired poet)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. poeta, trovador 2. profeta
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 vate
- vates plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vate?
- Brazil /ˈva.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ˈva.tɨ/
- Portugal /ˈba.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 vate
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vate in Portuguese?
vate appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).