veículo

Portuguese

veículo

Alternative forms

• vehiculo (obsolete)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vehiculum (“vehicle”), from vehō (“to bear, to carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to ride”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veˈi.ku.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veˈi.ku.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /veˈi.ku.lo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈi.ku.lu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈi.ku.lu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈi.ku.lu/

• Rhymes: -ikulu
• Hyphenation: ve‧í‧cu‧lo

Noun

veículo m (plural veículos)

1. vehicle; conveyance (device for carrying or transporting)
2. automobile (passenger vehicle)
3. medium (the means or channel by which an aim is achieved)
4. anything which conducts or transmits something

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:veículo.

Synonyms

• (vehicle): meio de transporte
• (automobile): auto, automóvel, carro
• (medium): meio
• (anything which conducts or transmit): condutor, transmissor

Derived terms

• antiveículos
• grande veículo

Related terms

• veiculação
• veiculado
• veiculador
• veicular