veterinário
Portuguese, noun/ve.te.ɾiˈna.ɾju/
veterinário is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “veterinarian (doctor who treats animals)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “especialista em veterinária”.
What does veterinário mean in English?
adjective
- 1
veterinary (of or relating to the medical treatment of animals)
noun
- 1
masculineveterinarian (doctor who treats animals)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo à veterinária ou aos animais irracionais
noun: 1. especialista em veterinária
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 veterinário
- veterinária feminine
- veterinários masculine plural
- veterinárias feminine plural
- veterinario alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce veterinário?
- Brazil /ve.te.ɾiˈna.ɾju/
- Portugal /vɨ.tɨ.ɾiˈna.ɾju/
- Portugal /vɨ.tɾiˈna.ɾju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to veterinário
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is veterinário in Portuguese?
veterinário appears 4.4 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).