virabrequim
Portuguese, noun/vi.ɾa.bɾeˈkĩ/
virabrequim is spelled V-I-R-A-B-R-E-Q-U-I-M (11 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 81,937th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Virabrequim is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “crankshaft (a rotating shaft that drives a crank)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécie de manivela presa a um eixo de motor”.
What does virabrequim mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecrankshaft (a rotating shaft that drives a crank)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espécie de manivela presa a um eixo de motor
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 virabrequim
- virabrequins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce virabrequim?
- Brazil /vi.ɾa.bɾeˈkĩ/
- Portugal /vi.ɾɐ.bɾɨˈkĩ/
- Portugal [vi.ɾɐ.βɾɨˈkĩ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to virabrequim
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is virabrequim in Portuguese?
virabrequim appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).