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vocabulário

Portuguese, noun/vo.ka.buˈla.ɾju/

vocabulário is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “vocabulary (set of words used by an individual)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualquer conjunto de palavras”.

What does vocabulário mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinevocabulary (set of words used by an individual)

  2. 2

    masculinevocabulary; lexicon; terminology (set of words used in a particular field)

  3. 3

    masculinevocabulary; wordlist (a document containing a list of words, especially one with less information than a dictionary)

  4. 4

    masculinevocabulary; lexicon (the words of a language)

  5. 5

    informalmasculinelanguage (insults and vulgarities)

    Olha o vocabulário, menininho!

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. qualquer conjunto de palavras 2. conjunto particular de palavras, usado ou por uma pessoa ou em uma determinada área do conhecimento 3. lista de palavras em ordem alfabética

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 vocabulário

  • vocabulários plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce vocabulário?

  • Brazil /vo.ka.buˈla.ɾju/
  • Portugal /vu.kɐ.buˈla.ɾju/
  • Portugal [vu.kɐ.βuˈla.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 vocabulário

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is vocabulário in Portuguese?

vocabulário appears 7.4 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).