voluntário
Portuguese, noun/vo.lũˈta.ɾju/
voluntário is spelled V-O-L-U-N-T-Á-R-I-O (10 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,260th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Voluntário is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “volunteer (one who voluntarily offers himself/herself for service)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “alguém que faz algo de maneira voluntária”.
What does voluntário mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevolunteer (one who voluntarily offers himself/herself for service)
- 2
masculinevolunteer (one who enters into military service voluntarily)
adjective
- 1
voluntary (done, given, or acting of one’s own free will)
- 2
voluntary (working or done without payment)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. feito ou realizado por livre e espontânea vontade 2. que tem a ver com ou age de acordo com a vontade 3. se diz de crime feito intencionalmente e não por acidente 4. controlado pela vontade
noun: 1. alguém que faz algo de maneira voluntária 2. que ingressa espontaneamente no serviço militar 3. que trabalha sem remuneração ajudando os outros
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 voluntário
- voluntários plural
- voluntária feminine
- voluntárias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce voluntário?
- Brazil /vo.lũˈta.ɾju/
- Brazil /vu.lũˈta.ɾju/
- Portugal /vu.lũˈta.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 voluntário
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is voluntário in Portuguese?
voluntário appears 10 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).