veículo
Portuguese
veículo
Alternative forms
- vehiculo (obsolete)
Etymology
From Latin vehiculum (“vehicle”), from vehō (“I bear, I carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to ride”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ve.ˈi.ku.lu/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ve.ˈi.ku.lo/
- Hyphenation: ve‧í‧cu‧lo
Noun
veículo m (plural veículos)
- vehicle; conveyance (device for carrying or transporting)
- automobile (passenger vehicle)
- medium (the means or channel by which an aim is achieved)
- anything which conducts or transmits something
Quotations
For quotations of use of 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